WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Office Of Personnel Management has issued a rule called: Performance Appraisal for General Schedule, Prevailing Rate, and Certain Other Employees.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 7 by Jerson Matias, Federal Register Liaison.
Summary: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of performance management for non-Senior Executive Service (SES) employees, including General Schedule (GS) and prevailing rate employees. This final rule eliminates unnecessary summary level patterns; removes the prohibition of a forced, or standardized, distribution of performance rating levels; eliminates mandatory review of Level 1 ratings; removes the ...