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The revised rules (see above), published in the May 25 Federal Register, also stress the importance of reaching out to women, minorities and people with disabilities in SES recruitment and selection. Further, OPM said it will strengthen efforts to encourage senior executives from diverse backgrounds to serve as members of the selection “qualification review boards.” There also will be more emphasis on performance reviews of senior execs within their first year after appointment. However, OPM retreated from several earlier ideas, including ones to delegate more appointment approval authority to individual agencies and to increase agency flexibilities over appointment and assignment of SESers.