WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Office Of Personnel Management has issued a rule called: Assuring Responsive and Accountable Federal Executive Management.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 15 by Stephen Hickman, Federal Register Liaison.
Summary: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final rule to remove the prohibition of a forced distribution of performance rating levels within the Senior Executive Service (SES) as well as eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) language within SES performance management regulations. Governmentwide SES ratings data have consistently shown that most SES receive the highest rating levels ( i.e, Levels 4 and 5) despite documented reports of SES failings. Allowing a...