The Office of Personnel Management is set to propose new regulations in the coming weeks seeking to significantly quicken the pace of agency reductions in force. The plan creates a new formula for determining which employees within a RIF are retained, based on the weighted sum of their three most recent performance appraisals–seven points for an “Outstanding” rating scaling down to one point for “Unacceptable.” This would replace the current system, which factors in the type of an employee’s appointment, their length of service, veterans’ preference and, given the lowest weight, recent performance. Click to Read Full Article.
