Rating Official Process in Absence of Reviewing Official Signature

If the Reviewing Official signature is not necessary, only the Rating Official needs to sign prior to releasing the rating to the employee.

1. Click Rating Signatures or scroll to Part 5. Rating Signatures.

   

2. Click Sign in Part 5. Rating Signatures.

   

3. You will be asked to confirm your action.

   • If agency policy allows for optional narratives, the confirmation will list any optional narratives not yet completed for your review. Click No to return to the optional narratives.
   • Click Yes to sign the rating and release to the employee later.
   • Click Sign and Release to Employee to both sign the rating and release the rating to the employee.

   

4. Your signature now shows on the plan, and once released, the employee will receive a notification to sign the plan.

    

   What's next:

• After signing (and releasing), the employee will receive a notification to sign the plan. See: → Sign Your Performance Plan Rating (Employee)
• If needed, you can bypass the employee's signature. See: → Bypass Employee's Signature in Rating Phase
• If the Reviewing Official wants to optionally sign after the Rating Official or after the employee, they may do so. See: → Signing the plan in the Rating phase (Reviewing Official)
• To remove signatures if needed, see: → How to Remove Signatures in the Rating Signature Phase