Civilian employees here switched to NSPS Published Nov. 2, 2006 By Jace Anders 21st Mission Support Squadron PETERSON AFB, Colo. -- Most general schedule and general management non-bargaining unit employees here converted to the National Security Personnel System Oct. 15. Employees were converted based on their permanent position of record. Employees' roles and responsibilities and the duties in their position description did not change. "The Air Force processed 11,693 records Oct. 15; of those numbers Peterson Air Force Base had 2,260," said Polly Case, 21st Mission Support Squadron Civilian Personnel Office. "That is almost 20 percent of the Air Force's numbers." Through this conversion process, employees' total pay did not decrease and in fact, most received an increase in pay if eligible for a within-grade increase. The WGI buy-in is prorated based on the time employees have accumulated toward their next WGI. The buy-in is based on calendar days and is a one-time only adjustment upon conversion to NSPS. The WGI will be added to employees' base salaries, and their Local Market Supplement will be adjusted accordingly. Air Force Personnel Center members began processing all the actions converting positions to NSPS Oct. 16. Employees should be able to view their updated SF-50s in their electronic Official Personnel File on the AFPC secure website. Employees are strongly encouraged to look at the SF-50 in detail to ensure their position has been converted properly. As a reminder, inside the NSPS 101 training module, there is a calculator where most employees can find out their NSPS Pay Schedule and Pay Band as well as the dollar amount they will receive if they are eligible for a WGI buy-in. Again, employees should be able to view their electronic OPF to ensure everything has been properly converted later this week. "We have identified some errors through this conversion process and we have identified those employees individually. We strongly encourage supervisors to contact our office if there are further questions or concerns. Overall though we think it has been a smooth transition," said Ms. Case. For information regarding NSPS and the conversion send an e-mail to 21MSS.DPC.NSPS.OMB@peterson.af.mil.