State Dept directs managers to ‘revise and recalibrate’ scores for employee evaluations they’ve already submitted
State Dept directs managers to ‘revise and recalibrate’ scores for employee evaluations they’ve already submitted  
Podcast: The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Published On: Tue May 19 2026
Description: The State Department is directing managers to go back and revise recently submitted annual performance evaluations to give employees lower scores. That’s all part of recent governmentwide guidance limiting the number of top scores that federal employees can receive. Impacted employees say these changes could disrupt the collaborative nature of their diplomatic work. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.