If an employee fails to meet an acceptable performance in a Critical Element by the end of one fiscal quarter (for an examiner, this means achieving under 88% in Production or Docket Management (DM), or accruing a 9.99% error rate in Quality), then they may be placed on an Oral Warning. 

New Parental Leave Policy

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 has ammended the options of Parental Leave, as outlined by United States Code Title 5, Section 6382.