NSF Strategic
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Links to NSF and Employee
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Topics
• New Federal SES System
• GEAR
• PAAT
• Cascade Alignment
• Questions for Committee
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New Federal SES System
• Provides for government-consistency
• Emphasis on Results-driven Performance
Element
- Must be 80% measurable
- Must be weighted at least 20%
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GEAR
(Goals, Engagement, Accountability, Results)
• GEAR: Government-wide framework
• Relevant principles:
– Align employee with organizational
performance management
– Articulate a high performance culture
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PAAT
(Performance Appraisal Assessment Tool)
• PAAT: Government-wide performance
management evaluation tool
• PAAT findings reveal that NSF could improve
alignment of performance plans with agency
goals
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Cascade Alignment
To what level
should
performance
plans align?
Strategic
Goal
Transform the Frontiers
across All Fields of Science
& Engineering
Strategic
Objective
Invest in frontier research to ensure a
continuing stream of advances
across the NSF science, engineering,
and education portfolios
FY 2014
Performance
Goal
Monitor Key
Program
Investments
SES
Supervisor
Employee
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Question for B&O
• What would be the ideal way to bridge the
gap between NSF’s high-level strategic
plan and the results-oriented objectives
developed for SES and employee
performance plans?
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Question for B&O
• If an organization rates a majority of its
employees as Outstanding (5), should
there generally be data demonstrative of
organizational goals having been
achieved?
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Question for B&O
• What sort of collaboration could you
envision between the agency performance
groups (e.g. Performance Improvement
Office (PIO), Chief Human Capital Officer
(CHCO), etc.)?
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Contacts
• Judy Sunley, (703) 292-4561
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• Chrissy Peterson, (703) 292-4334
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