OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Office Of Personnel Management has issued a proposed rule called: Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 23 by Jerson Matias, Federal Register Liaison.

Summary: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The proposed rule lets policy-influencing positions be moved into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This wi...