RELATED March 24, 2026 Partnership for Public Service’s public comments on OPM’s “Managing Senior Professional Performance” March 24, 2026 Partnership for Public Service's public comments on OPM's "Performance Appraisal for Non-SES Federal Employees" March 23, 2026 The Politicization of Federal Leadership: Record Non-Senate Confirmed Presidential Appointments and the Hollowing Out of Career Leadership Back to Reports Supervisors in the Federal Government: A Wake-Up Call January 27, 2001 This study, by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, provides a road map of the changes that need to take place in the identification, selection and development of government supervisors for the next generation of federal workers. Supervisors, after all, will have to implement the new methods of supervision and performance evaluation that will be required to meet the government’s recruitment and retention challenges. Download (124k)