Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management Dan Blair (left) responds to a reporter's question concerning the new National Security Personnel System during a Pentagon briefing on Feb. 10, 2005. Secretary of the Navy Gordon England (right) also presented details of the new system. The proposed regulations will be published in the Federal Register on Feb. 14, 2005, and after a period of public comment and Congressional review are expected to go into effect July of 2005.