§4312 Senior Executive Service performance appraisal systems

Summary

Each agency must create one or more performance review systems that follow rules from the Office of Personnel Management. The systems must let the agency judge job performance accurately using job-related criteria and key duties. They must set up regular reviews for senior executives, encourage good performance, and be used to decide who stays in the Senior Executive Service and who gets performance awards. Before each rating period, managers must set and tell each senior executive their performance goals after talking with them. Written ratings must match those goals. Executives must get a copy of their rating, be allowed to respond in writing, and have the rating checked by a higher-level agency employee (or, if the executive agrees, a commissioned officer on active duty) before it is final. The Office of Personnel Management will review agency systems and require fixes if they do not meet the rules. The Comptroller General will also review systems and report to the Office and Congress. Senior executives may not appeal their ratings.