Exceptional employee

Exceptional employee means an employee who is rated at the highest levels of the applicable performance appraisal system or, in the case of an employee under an appraisal system that does not have a summary rating level above fully successful or equivalent, is rated at the highest summary level used by the performance appraisal system and demonstrates sustained quality performance significantly above that expected in the type of position involved, as determined under performance-related criteria established by the agency.

Source

5 CFR § 370.102

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Scoping language

In this part: Agency means an Executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, with the exception of the Government Accountability Office.

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