The Office of Personnel Management announced a proposed rule Thursday morning to stop including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) metrics and end grade inflation on senior bureaucrats’ performance evaluations.
The proposed rule aims to reform the Senior Executive Service performance appraisal system. For several years, more than 96% of bureaucrats in the SES, top-level agency employees serving in leadership roles, have received high marks on performance reviews despite documented failures, according to the OPM.
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. Less than 0.5% received ratings below “fully successful.”
The proposed rule would also eliminate any DEI component in SES evaluations, in line with…
