PCAP - Presidential Climate Action Project

All executive agencies are subject to the performance appraisal system as described in the statutesection above.Executive Orders.There are numerous examples of executive orders that establish performance standards or awardprograms for federal employees. In these orders, the agency responsibilities and duties are fairlydetailed. For example, E.O. 13148, Greening the Government through Leadership inEnvironmental Management (April 21, 2000) orders as follows:The head of each Federal agency is responsible for ensuring that allnecessary actions are taken to integrate environmental accountability intoagency day-to-day decision making and long-term planning processes,across all agency missions, activities, and functions. Consequently,environmental management considerations must be a fundamental andintegral component of Federal Government policies, operations, planning,and management. The head of each Federal agency is responsible formeeting the goals and requirements of this order.The President cites the following authority for the Order: the Emergency Planning andCommunity Right-to-Know Act of 1986; the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990; and the CleanAir Act. This ten-page order establishes goals and also includes planning and accountabilityprovisions, management and leadership provisions, agency responsibilities under the three actscited for authority, landscaping management practices, acquisition and procurement practices,exemptions and general provisions. It is a comprehensive Order. In addition to establishing theactions agencies must take to meet the purpose of the Order, it establishes program performancemeasurements, and requires “each agency to include successful implementation of pollutionprevention, community awareness, and environmental management into its position descriptionsand performance evaluations for those positions . . . .” The Order includes provisions formanagement leadership and performance evaluations; it establishes an environmental leadershipand agency awards program; and it provides for compliance assistance and training formanagers. Further, each agency is encouraged to incorporate its environmental leadership goalsinto its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans.Similarly, E.O. 13149, Greening the Government through Federal Fleet and TransportationEfficiency, (April 21, 2000); E.O. 13902, Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at FederalFacilities, (Mar. 8, 1994); E.O. 13101, Greening the Government through Waste Prevention,Recycling, and Federal Acquisition, (September 14, 1998) (agency awards program only) arecomprehensive orders establishing agency policy, actions agencies must take to comply with theorders, and management and leadership responsibilities. They include a requirement to includethe policy objective in performance evaluations and establish award programs for federalmanagers. These are just a few examples relevant to this proposal.In these executive orders, objectives are clearly defined, as are criteria for performanceevaluations. For example, E.O. 13123, Greening the Government through Efficient EnergyCEES 94 | P age