When the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act was released in October of last year, it spelt the end of the National Security Personnel System and the start of converting NSPS positions into General Schedule positions.
What this meant for Air Force Space Command is the command had to convert over 3,000 NSPS positions in a rapid amount of time.
The deadline for the conversion was set by Congress to be completed by Jan. 1, 2012; however the Department of Defense set a deadline of Sept. 30, 2010.
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