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November 9, 2004
MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS
FROM: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [signed John Ashcroft]
SUBJECT: Performance Management Work Plans for General Schedule and Wage Grade Employees
In August, I asked for your support in ensuring that SES and manager performance work plans be put in place by September 17. The following week, each of you certified to me that you had accomplished that important action. Now, I am pleased to tell you that our Department has been elevated to "yellow" status in both Human Capital and Budget/Performance Integration on the most recent President's Management Agenda scorecard. Your personal involvement and attention to this effort was instrumental in accomplishing this goal, and I am pleased that the Department has achieved this recognition.
It is now important to take the next step, expanding this initiative to our front-line General Schedule (GS) and Wage Grade (WG) employees. Consequently, I am asking that you implement new individual performance work plans that cascade from established SES and manager performance work plans, for all non-bargaining unit GS and WG employees by December 30, 2004. Components should work with employee representatives to meet your labor obligations prior to implementing individual performance work plans for bargaining unit employees. JMD will continue to assist you in this effort. I also am requesting that each of you certify to me by January 7, 2005, that 100 percent of your non-bargaining unit GS and WG employees' performance work plans are in place, and appropriate labor management interactions are underway for remaining GS and WG employees.
Thank you again for your support of this important initiative of the President's Management Agenda. Our Department will be stronger, and produce results that align with our goals and objectives, because of the actions you are taking to improve our performance management system.
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