Fifty-three career senior executives have been recognized with the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive, the highest award for civil servants, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday.
Senior management officials at federal agencies nominate executives for the awards, while panels of private citizens choose the winners. The panels' selections then go to the President for his signature. The award is limited to only 1 percent of the approximately 6,000 career members of the Senior Executive Service.
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"Through their extraordinary leadership and achievements, [the award winners] have inspired their employees, delivered for their customers and improved the lives and well-being of our citizens across the nation and our partners around the world," said OPM Director Janice R. Lachance.
An additional 287 senior executives were awarded the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive, an honor that is limited to 5 percent of the career SES.
Distinguished executives receive bonuses equal to 35 percent of salary. Meritorious executives will get a 20 percent bonus. Congress changed the formula in the fiscal 1999 Treasury-Postal appropriations bill.
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