Actions Needed To Enhance the Credibility of Senior Executive Service Performance Award Programs

The Senior Executive Service--the cornerstone of civil service reform--went into effect in July 1979 and with it a system of rank and performance awards. The Senior Executive Service compensation system was designed to attract and retain highly competent executives and to insure that compensation, retention, and tenure are contingent upon executive success, measured on the basis of individual and organizational performance. Rank and performance awards were designed to reward outstanding accomplishments and performance and to encourage excellence and higher productivity. But the Congress, senior executives, and the press have questioned the credibility and integrity of the performance awards process--a vital feature of the compensation system. To help insure that the awards process operates as intended and contributes to the success of the Senior Executive Service, the Office of Personnel Management should take actions to enhance the integrity, credibility, and equity of agencies' performance award programs. (Author).

Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.

Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.

Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.