Awards are given in 10 categories that reflect the field's vitality: Competitive Advantage Award, Financial Impact Award, Global Outlook Award, Innovation, Management Change Award, Partnership, Quality of Life Award, Service, Vision, and General Excellence.

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Governmentwide regulations specify four types of awards that can be given to Federal employees: lump-sum cash awards, honorary awards, informal recognition awards, and time off awards

(a) Chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code authorizes agencies to pay a cash award to, grant time-off to, and incur necessary expense for the honorary recognition of, an employee (individually or as a member of a group) and requires the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations governing such authority.

Welcome to opm.gov. The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established the Presidential Rank Awards Program to recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) for exceptional performance over an extended period of time.

OPM award regulations allow the following: Agencies have discretionary authority to grant an employee a lump-sum cash award based on a “fully successful” or better rating of record. Agencies...

2009年5月6日 · Productivity Improvement Awards are recognition for process improvement, cost-saving suggestions, streamlining, or the elimination of non-value added processes. The award shares some portion of actual savings resulting from cost reduction or productivity gains with the employee(s) who recommends or achieves the savings.

Awards and decorations of the United States government are civilian awards of the U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious service, in a civilian capacity, while serving in the U.S. federal government.

A cash award can be granted to an employee, individually or as a member of a group, in recognition of accomplishments that contribute to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of Government operations. Agencies may grant up to $10,000 without external approval, up to $25,000 with Office of Personnel Management

Title 5 was last amended 2/13/2025. § 451.104 Awards. (a) An agency may grant a cash, honorary, or informal recognition award, or grant time-off without charge to leave or loss of pay consistent with chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, and this part to an employee, as an individual or member of a group, on the basis of—