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Department of Defense form 2899. Official designation: DD Form 2899, DoD Executive Pay and Performance Appraisal, 20090803 draft. Purpose: Department of Defense Executive Pay and Performance Appraisal. Current edition not stated, status not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 10 pages and contains approximately 70 fillable fields.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 2. Position title.
- 3. Organization.
- 4. Pay pool manager.
- 5. Rating period dates (enter as 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators). a. Beginning.
- 5.b. Ending date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. Performance type. Press space bar to mark X in first box if annual, second box if interim.
- 7. Appointment type. Mark X in first box and circle if Career, Noncareer, Limited Term or Limited Emergency; or second box if DISES..
- Part B, Section 1 - Performance Elements, Performance Requirements, and preliminary score. a. Performance scores. 1. Leadership/supervision.
- 1. Leadership/supervision: weight.
- 2.b. Performance elements and requirements. Leadership/supervision. Mandatory. Demonstrates effective and ethical individual and organization leadership to assess situations realistically; identifies and recommends or implements needed changes.
- 2. Contribution to mission accomplishment. a. Performance score.
- 2. Contribution to mission accomplishment: weight.
- 2.b. Performance elements and requirements. Contribution to mission accomplishment: Mandatory. Executes the position's assigned duties in a manner that contributes to the successful outcome of strategic goals and objectives.
- 3. Resource Management. a. Performance score.
- 3. Resource management: weight.
- 3.b. Performance elements and requirements. Resource Management: Demonstrates effective use/management of personal and organizational resources such as time, personnel, equipment and/or funds.
- 4. Communication. a. Performance score.
- 4. Communication: weight.
- 4.b. Performance elements and requirements. Communication: Demonstrates effective listening, writing and oral communications skills.
- 5. Cooperation/teamwork. a. Performance score.
- 5. Cooperation/teamwork: weight.
- 5.b. Performance elements and requirements. Cooperation/teamwork: Demonstrates traits of flexibility, adaptability and decisiveness and the ability to exhibit and foster cooperation in team efforts and organizational settings.
- 6. Customer care. a. Performance score.
- 6. Customer care: weight.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2899?
- DD Form 2899, DoD Executive Pay and Performance Appraisal, 20090803 draft
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?