Personnel Management Office
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to increase the efficiency of performance management for non- Senior Executive Service (SES) employees, including General Schedule (GS) and prevailing rate employees. The proposed rule amends the approved patterns of summary levels by removing a "Level 2"; requires agencies to undergo biennial appraisal system certifications with OPM; requires a supervisory critical element for all supervisors covered under this subpart; removes the prohibition of a forced, or standardized, distribution of performance-rating levels; removes the option to grieve a performance rating; and removes the mandatory review of level 1 ratings.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Office of Personnel Management 5 CFR Part 430 [Docket ID: OPM-2025-0273] RIN 3206-AP06 AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to increase the efficiency of performance management for non-Senior Executive Service (SES) employees, including General Schedule (GS) and prevailing rate employees. The proposed rule amends the approved patterns of summary levels by removing a “Level 2”; requires agencies to undergo biennial appraisal system certifications with OPM; requires a supervisory critical element for all supervisors covered under this subpart; removes the prohibition of a forced, or standardized, distribution of performance-rating levels; removes the option to grieve a performance rating; and removes the mandatory review of level 1 ratings. DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 26, 2026. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN number “3206-AP06,” and title using the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting comments. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov without change including any personal identifiers or contact information. As required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4) , a summary of this rule may be found in the dock…
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Citation: 91 FR 8780
