The Trump administration on Thursday announced a proposed rule that would revamp how senior federal employees’ performance is evaluated.
The Office of Personnel Management’s draft rule would allow agencies to apply a “forced distribution” of performance rating levels for members of the Senior Executive Service, which includes some of the highest-ranking career government officials.
Agencies are currently barred from using a forced distribution system, but the Trump team says enforcing limits on how many senior executives can achieve top ratings would “encourage excellence in performance.”
This proposal marks the Trump administration’s latest move to overhaul how federal employees are evaluated while simultaneously making it easier to fire workers deemed poor performers.
