Evaluation Inflation
Agency SES rating systems were very generous in 2002 with more than 70 percent of executives receiving the highest grade their agencies awarded.
| Department | Grade 1 | Grade 2 |
Grade 3 (passing) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defense OSD | 1 | 0 | 397 |
| Education | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| HHS | 0 | 1 | 307 |
| HUD | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Interior | 1 | 0 | 184 |
| Transportation | 0 | 0 | 175 |
| Department | Grade 1 | Grade 2 |
Grade 3 (passing) |
Grade 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 0 | 7 | 273 | 63 |
| State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
| Department | Grade 1 | Grade 2 |
Grade 3 (passing) |
Grade 4 | Grade 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0 | 0 | 22 | 172 | 102 |
| Commerce | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 173 |
|
Defense (military agencies) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 571 |
| Justice | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 226 |
| Labor | 0 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 60 |
| Treasury | 0 | 0 | 53 | 165 | 207 |
| VA | 0 | 6 | 34 | 76 | 154 |
Source: Agency reports
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