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Sep 16 2024
Love0

How long must an employee have occupied an acquisition-coded position to be rated?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The AAW professional must have occupied an acquisition-coded position for a minimum of 120 days and served under the Rater and SR for a minimum of 90 days.    

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Sep 16 2024
Love0

What are the SRPE assessment cycle dates?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

SRPE assessment cycles must be fiscal year-based and the evaluation covers the employee’s observed and demonstrated potential during the previous FY. For example, the Senior Rater prepares a SRPE on…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

What are the ramifications to the employee or rater if the SPRE is not completed as mandated in this policy?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

As the requirement to complete the SPRE is imposed upon the raters and SRs, there is no imposed ramification to the AAW member. The annual SRPE completion compliancy will be…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

Can SRPEs be used for promotions?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The SRPE is a tool to evaluate the potential of civilian employees in designated grades/broadbands to perform in positions of increased responsibility for selection into positions in designated senior leadership…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

Can GS-11s request a SRPE?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The system will allow employees, at all grades, to have a SRPE; at the discretion of the rater and the SR.

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

Can an employee grieve an executed SRPE, regardless of venue warranting the SRPE (i.e. during annual mandate, during CSL, etc.)

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Yes, bargaining unit employees can grieve any personnel matter if not specifically excluded from the negotiated grievance procedure and this doesn’t appear to fit any of the subject matter exclusions…

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Sep 10 2024
Love1

My Senior Rater was changed during the last SRPE Cycle. Who is my Senior Rater for the current SRPE cycle?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Each year the SRPE System will reset. Meaning, the SRPE cycle will restart, and any prior SRPEs will be deemed historical. Resulting, your rating chain for SRPE compliancy will once…

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Sep 10 2024
Love6

Where may the Senior Rater view suggested comments for utilization in preparation of the SRPE?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The Army DACM Office is unable to provide sample comments for this purpose. However, as a result of After Action Reviews of prior best-qualified boards, a SRPE Comments Guide has…

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Sep 10 2024
Love6

How does the Supervisor or the Senior Rater handle doing a SRPE on a person who is deployed during the rating period. Does a SRPE still get done on this person?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Yes a SRPE is still required for a deployed employee. The SRPE is automated and available to the Rater, Senior Rater and Employee within CAMP/CAPPMIS. The Rater and Senior Rater…

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Sep 10 2024
Love5

I am an Organizational Point of Contact (OAP), and when I review the SRPE Impact Reports for my organization, I see that the Senior Rater is still identified as the IDP Senior Rater, and does not reflect the change the Rater has made to the Senior Rater designation.

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The SRPE report pulled by OAPs will always show the IDP Rater and the IDP Senior Rater as defaults even if the Rater changed the Senior Rater in the SRPE…

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Sep 10 2024
Love5

I may not be able to complete all of the required SRPE’s by the mandated phased implementation suspense dates; will the SRPE system lock me out?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

No. The SRPE system will continue to allow you to complete SRPEs for AAW members.

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Sep 10 2024
Love5

I have made an error in preparing the SRPE for one of my employees. How do I go about making changes after the SRPE has been deemed final, and subsequently “locked” from enabling additional updates?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

After an employee signs and submits their SRPE or after the seven (7) day wait period ends, SRPEs may not be unlocked without the written approval of the DACM. All…

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Sep 10 2024
Love6

Are Senior Rater profiles published and/or made available?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

No. Individual SR profiles are NOT published or made available to anyone but the SR and his/her delegate.

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Sep 10 2024
Love5

Can the SRPE be utilized as part of the application process for local training and/or developmental opportunities?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Yes, Army Acquisition Workforce organizations may utilize the SRPE for training opportunities, provided the organization provides a correlation of need between the SRPE and the specified selection process, for the…

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Sep 10 2024
Love5

I am about to leave my current position, but we are not in a current SRPE annual reporting cycle. What should I do?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

If you are an Army Acquisition Workforce member, and plan to depart your current position in the July-September timeframe, you should request a Close Out SRPE from your current Rater…

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

Once the SRPE is completed by the SR can corrections be made?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Corrections can only be made within the first 7 days following the finalization of the SRPE. Coordination with the SRPE system administration would be required to “unlock” the SRPE for…

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

How do we, as a command, quality check the SRPEs?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Each Organization’s Acquisition Point of Contact (OAP) can review the compliancy of their organization, using the SRPE reporting feature within CAPPMIS.

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

Will employees get a chance to see how they are evaluated under this process?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The SPRE is an automated module within the career acquisition management portal (camp)/career acquisition personnel & position management information system (CAPPMIS) and may be accessed here: https://rda.altess.army.mi/camp. Completed SRPEs may…

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

Who will be able to access these documents?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Only the AAW member, his/her rater, and his/her senior rater (SR). If an AAW member elects to apply for a best qualified board or an acquisition leadership opportunity which requires…

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

How long does a SRPE stay in CAPPMIS? For example, when a new SRPE is created, is the old one moved to history, or deleted?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

SRPES remain in CAPPMIS for an indeterminate amount of time. SRPEs are not deleted.

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

Will there be a profile reset?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

No. There is no profile reset.

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

An email notification was sent to an employee upon completion of SRPE application, but the employee is unable to review the SRPE in the system. Why?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The system automatically notifies the employee upon completion of a SRPE. At such time, the employees will only be allowed to view the status of the SRPE and not the completed electronic…

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Sep 16 2024
Love4

Does the period for the SRPE have to be 1 Oct – 30 Sep or can it be any period in that time longer than 4 months. In other words, does it have to be a 1 year period? And, does it have to be the FY? Our rating cycle runs 1 July – 30 Jun and for the rater’s sake, I would like to marry these up.

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The cycle needs to remain fiscal year, and must occur within 90 days. This is to ensure consistency across the acquisition enterprise. There are situations that may arise that allow…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

What is the responsibility of the Senior Rater (SR)?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The SR is the “owner” of the evaluation and is overall responsible for the timely submission and completion of the document.  They should fairly and accurately assess the potential of…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

What is the responsibility of the Rater?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The rater should ensure rating schemes are published and understood and serves as an advocate for the AAW employee to the SR; they should recommend future Operational and Broadening Assignments…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

Who can rate/senior rate an AAW employee?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The rater of an AAW employee will be the supervisor of the employee and the SR will be the supervisor of rater.  The system will automatically populate the SR as…

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

If a SR is departing in December, and the new SR starts in January, who should complete the SRPE?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

When possible, the departing SR should rate early, so the employee is not disadvantaged by not having 90 days under the new SR.

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

If the SR is incorrect, how does the supervisor change the name of the SR to reflect the correct name?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

Supervisors can change an employee’s SR when they initiate the SRPE Request in the supervisor’s module of the IDP. Click the “select a different Senior Rater” link to change the…

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Sep 10 2024
Love4

Who is the SR for matrixed personnel supporting another organization (i.e. Program Executive Offices (PEOs))?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The Parent organization will complete the SRPE on their matrixed acquisition employees. However, the Matrix organization supervisor can provide recommended SPRE comments to the SR of the Parent organization. The…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

Can the employee receive a copy of the completed SRPE during the 7 day waiting period?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

During the 7 day waiting period, the SR has the option to provide the employee with a copy of the completed SRPE.

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

The SRPE form mentions that an employee may file a reclama. However, the policy does not mention who hears the reclama, or how the responding official responds to the employee’s reclama. Also, if the decision is made to change the potential, who makes the system change and how does this play into the less than 50% mandate?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

This provision is a new to the SRPE process, as requested by Army Office of General Counsel (OGC). Essentially, the SRPE remains in the CAMP/CAPPMIS system until such time as…

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Sep 10 2024
Love1

Where can I find additional training and information on the annual SRPE?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The Army DACM Office has made numerous visits to the field, providing training to AAW members, Rater and Senior Raters at the request of many Commands and PEOs. In addition…

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Sep 10 2024
Love1

I noticed that a SRPE was started, but never completed for the prior potential evaluation cycle. What action is necessary, at this point?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

When each new cycle starts, no action is necessary nor permissible on any prior cycle SRPEs. The incomplete SRPE will remain in the CAPPMIS, as it appears. SRPE Compliancy for…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

What is a Senior Rater Potential Evaluation (SRPE)?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

The SRPE is a tool to assess the potential of civilian acquisition professionals in the grades of GS-12 through GS-15/broadband equivalent level designated to perform in positions of greater responsibility…

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

Can an SES be the rater and senior rater for an employee, or is the SES’s supervisor the senior rater? Also, can a senior rater be a non-acquisition employee?

By Stefanie Pidgeon

SRPE Policy, dated 1 July 2020, defines the SR to be the rater/supervisor, of the employee’s rater. Yes, the rater and/or the SR may be designated non-acquisition workforce.

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Sep 10 2024
Love0

Are individuals typically involved (or recommended to be) in the SRPE process? After implementation, I plan to schedule meetings with my rater and senior rater to discuss my potential. I would imagine the process is time consuming and now the rater/senior rater’s number of evaluations is increasing.

By Stefanie Pidgeon

An open dialogue between the AAW member, rater and SR is strongly encouraged, and suggested during the IDP development/update process and prior to completion of the SRPE. While it will…

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