Adamsen v. Department of Agriculture

ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

The government has filed a petition for panel rehearing seeking only a change in the following sentence in our opinion of April 23, 2009, reported at 563 F.3d 1326, 1331:

“If an agency makes changes to a previously-OPM-approved performance appraisal system that significantly alters an employee’s performance standards and obligations, OPM review of those changes is necessary to achieve compliance with the basic purpose underlying the OPM-approved requirement.”

According to the government, these words “could be read to require OPM…