All Headquarters Department of Energy Employees except Political Appointees (including Schedule C and non-career members of the SES). Any Employee may nominate another employee for this award.
This award is available to all-employees in the Performance Management System whose annual summary rating-of-record is "Meets Expectation" (ME) or higher, udess the employee has been rated at "Needs Improvement" or below on any critical element. All employees rated at or above this level will be nominated for a Performance-Based Cash Award.
The Locally Employed Staff (LES)/Foreign Service National (FSN) of the Year Award is designed to recognize special contributions made by the Department’s LES/FSN’s in achieving the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) and United States Government’s (USG) foreign policy goals and objectives.
The Secretary’s Awards Program is designed to recognize the career service and contributions of DOE employees to the mission of the Department and to the benefit of our Nation.
This memorandum provides policy guidance on how to consistently address accretion-of-duties promotions within the Department and is effective immediately.
This memorandum provides policy guidance on how to consistently address misclassified positions within the Department and is effective immediately. There are several different circumstances that affect how a misclassified position will be addressed.