OPM will soon require agencies to limit how many career senior executives can receive high ratings on their performance ...

The Trump administration has sought to exert more political influence over members of the senior executive service.

(NewsNation) — The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced an overhaul of the Senior Executive Service (SES) performance evaluation system Tuesday, implementing new measures to increase ...

The April 10 memo from acting OPM Director Charles Ezell to agency heads reminds them of the “great flexibility” they have when setting the pay of employees hired under Schedule C of the federal ...

SES performance is graded on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being “unsatisfactory” and 5 “outstanding.” In 2023, OPM claims, 96% of SES members received a 4 (“exceeds fully successful”) or a 5.

The Trump administration has proposed to reform to the performance appraisal for senior officials to make fewer executives ...