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OPM.gov / Frequently Asked Questions / Performance Management FAQ (Pre-2013) / General Questions
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General Questions

Questions and answers

Yes. Agencies may use any procedures they deem appropriate for considering performance when granting awards and taking other personnel actions, with the following exceptions:

  • assigning additional service credit in a reduction in force, which requires that ratings of record be used to assign additional service credit, and
  • within-grade increases for General Schedule employees and prevailing rate system employees, which are tied to ratings of record and performance ratings respectively.
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