To ensure that Foreign Service officers are evaluated and given opportunities for advancement based on their conformance to merit system principles, to require the review of Performance Improvement Plans during tenure and promotion appraisals of Foreign Service officers, and to eliminate the requirement for the inclusion of a public member on selection boards.
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Committee
Latest Action · June 21, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This bill would restrict how the State Department evaluates Foreign Service officers during tenure and promotion decisions. Specifically, it prohibits evaluators from considering an officer's advocacy for or commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility principles, and requires the State Department to replace all references to these principles with traditional merit system standards in its evaluation materials. The legislation also requires selection boards to review any performance improvement plans issued to officers in the previous five years and mandates that selection board chairs work in the same career track as the officers they are evaluating. The bill does not include any new funding or specific implementation timeline beyond requiring immediate changes to evaluation documents.
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