NEW DEPARTMENTAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM
MEMORANDUM TO ALL NIH EMPLOYEES
From: Barros, Colleen (NIH/OD) [E]
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:47 PM
To: NIH-STAFF@LIST.NIH.GOV
Subject: NEW DEPARTMENTAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM
MEMORANDUM TO ALL NIH EMPLOYEES
SUBJECT: NEW DEPARTMENTAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM
FROM: Deputy Director for Management, NIH
This is to provide additional information regarding the email you received on March 8 from HHS Deputy Secretary Alex Azar on the new HHS Performance Management Appraisal Program (PMAP), attached. As that email indicates, the department is now shifting to a performance program impacting all HHS Operating Divisions. This new program covers General Schedule, Wage Grade, and Title 42 employees. NIH is scheduled to place these covered employees on new performance plans no later than June 30, 2006, though many employees have already begun preparing plans. To assist with this process, the NIH will provide briefings and mandatory on-line training, described in the attachment. Additionally, the ICs have identified Performance Liaisons, who will facilitate implementation within ICs. The NIH performance website http://hr.od.nih.gov/PerfMgmt/default.htm includes the list of Performance Liaisons for each Institute and other topical information. It will be updated frequently during the next few months.
This is an important endeavor, which complements our efforts to meet NIH goals and objectives for excellence in medical research leading to improvements in our nation’s health. Each of you has a role in the successful implementation of this program. We thank you for your continued focus on results of the highest quality, and for your support of the new program.
Sign language interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in these briefings should contact (Nikon Samuel in Building 1 Room 102,301-496-3271, TTY number and/or the Federal TTY Relay number (1-800-877-8339), and Samueln@od.nih.gov).
/S/
-----Original Message-----
From: News, HHS (HHS/OS)
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:12 PM
To: HHS-STAFF-URGENT@LIST.NIH.GOV
Subject: Message from the HHS Deputy Secretary - New Departmental Performance Management Appraisal Program
To HHS Employees,
It is important for each of us to understand our role and responsibility in the mission of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That mission is to enhance the health and well-being of Americans by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering strong, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services. Secretary Leavitt expects the HHS to achieve our nation's noblest human aspirations for safety, compassion, and trust.
I am proud to say that we as a department are meeting the President's directives as outlined in the President's Management Agenda by working more productively and efficiently to produce greater results. Our focus should always be on the outcomes we are striving to achieve. In keeping with this, and as a result of a directive from the President, representatives from across our Department have developed a single Departmental Performance Management Appraisal Program for non-SES managers, supervisors, and employees. This new program will identify critical objectives for each employee that will be linked to our Department mission, goals, and priorities.
You are critical to HHS' success in accomplishing the important task of implementing a new Performance Management Appraisal Program. The policy for the new program has been finalized, and representatives from the various Staff and Operating Divisions are in the midst of negotiations with the respective Unions regarding implementation of the new
Performance Management Appraisal Program.
Specific details regarding the new program, including training and implementation timelines, will be provided by your Operating or Staff Division in the near future. The new Performance Management Appraisal Program is an important cornerstone of our continued success at HHS. I look forward to its successful implementation and thank you for all that you do everyday to improve the health and welfare of all Americans.
Alex M. Azar II
Deputy Secretary
Employees PMAP BRIEFING SCHEDULES
On-line training to be completed prior to attending the Q and A sessions
Targeted Participants
SUPERVISORS/MANAGERS
Briefing
Subject: Overview of new performance program
Optional attendance
Date: *April 18, 2006
*To be web cast and archived
Time: 10 am-12 noon
Location: Bldg. 10 Masur Auditorium
SUPERVISORS/MANAGERS
Briefing
Subject: Overview of new performance program
(Repeats the April 18 briefing)
Optional attendance
Date: April 28, 2006
Time: 10am-12 noon
Location: Bldg.10, Masur Auditorium
ALL STAFF
On-line web–based training
Mandatory participation
Date: To be made available by HHS
(anticipated by April-May)
Supervisors/Managers
*Supervisory Q and A briefing session
Subject: Follow-up to on-line training
Optional Attendance
Date: *May 1, 2006
* To be web cast and archived
Time: 10am-12 noon
Location: Bldg, 31, Room 6C10
Employee Q and A briefing session
Subject: Follow-up to on-line training
Optional Attendance
Date: *May 11, 2006
* To be web cast and archived
Time: 10 am-12 noon
Location: Bldg. 31, Room 6C10
EMPLOYEES
Employee Q and A briefing session
(Repeats the May 11th Q and A Briefing Session)
Subject: Follow-up to on-time training
Optional Attendance
Date: May 16th, 2006
Time: 10 am-12 noon
Location: 6001 Executive Blvd, (Neuroscience Center), Rooms C & D
