Performance Appraisal for General Schedule, Prevailing Rate, and Certain Other Employees

What it does

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.

The Personnel Management Office's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

5 CFR 430

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3206-AP06 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

• March 26, 2026 Proposed rule; correction. Performance Appraisal for General Schedule, Prevailing Rate, and Certain Other Employees; Correction
• July 7, 2026 Final rule. Performance Appraisal for General Schedule, Prevailing Rate, and Certain Other Employees

What happens next and when

Comments must be received on or before March 26, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket OPM-2025-0273 on Regulations.gov
• Title 5 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register