OPM/GOVT-3

Records of Adverse Actions, Performance Based Reduction in Grade and Removal Actions, and Termination of Probationers (April 27, 2000, 65 FR 24732)

Description: Records on current or former Federal employees, including Senior Executive Service employees, against whom such an action has been proposed or taken in accordance with 5 C.F.R. §§ 432, 732, 752, or 754. 
 

This system contains records and documents on: 

  (1) The processing of adverse actions, performance based reduction in grade and removal actions, and 

  (2) the termination of employees serving initial appointment probation and return to their former grade of employees serving supervisory or managerial probation. 

  The records include, as appropriate, copies of the notice of proposed action, materials relied on by the agency to support the reasons in the notice, replies by the employee, statements of witness, hearing notices, reports, and agency decisions. 

Note: This system does not include records, including the action file itself, compiled when such actions are appealed to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) or become part of a discrimination complaint record at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Such appeal and discrimination complaint file records are covered by the appropriate MSPB or EEOC system of records. 

Authority for maintenance of the system: 

5 U.S.C. 3321, 4303, 7504, 7514, and 7543. 

Purpose(s) : 

These records result from the proposal, processing, and documentation of these actions taken either by the Office or by agencies against employees in accordance with 5 CFR parts 315 (subparts H and I), 432, 752, or 754 of the Office's regulations.