Obama lifts SES performance caps to 2010 levels

Federal Times: The Obama administration announced on Dec. 15 that it will lift the caps on SES performance-based awards to 2010 levels in an effort to draw new talent to the embattled service.

In an executive order entitled "Strengthening the Senior Executive Service," the administration laid an out a framework that combines initiatives to draw in new talent, keep it with compensation incentives, balance it through agency rotation and keep it from going off the rails with more accountability.

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