A new proposal addresses “inflated” evaluations for federal employees and the failure to “materially differentiate” between performance levels, OPM said.

All employees shall be evaluated based on their job performance during the previous evaluation period. The performance evaluations are quantitative, correlating to the defined performance rating ...

Far exceeds performance expectations on a consistent and uniform basis. Work is of exceptional quality in all essential areas of responsibility. In addition, makes an exceptional or unique ...

In 2025, Meta already spent around $60–65 billion on similar things – one of the highest amounts among big tech companies. The 2026 plan could almost double (or even more than double) that amount.

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...