Name of Employee
The employee the supervisor recommends for promotion.
GSA5020
Accretion of Duties Promotion Certification
- Agency
- GSA
- Revision
- Rev. 11/2017
- Fillable fields
- 5
- Pages
- 1
- Official source
- GSA form page
- Checked
- October 20, 2026
GSA Form 5020: Accretion of Duties Promotion Certification
GSA Form 5020, Accretion of Duties Promotion Certification, is a one-page General Services Administration (GSA) form, edition 11/2017, and GSA hosts it in its forms library. It is a personnel record completed by a supervisor: the supervisor names an employee, recommends that the employee be promoted without competition, and certifies that a list of conditions is met.
The form prints ten conditions about the employee's duties, the new higher-graded position and the employee's qualifications and performance. One of them says the new duties have been performed for at least six months and asks for the date the employee began performing them. The supervisor enters a name, signs and dates the form. The form says to file it on the left side of the Official Personnel Folder with a copy of the position description.
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What's on GSA Form 5020
Recommendation and certification
I recommend the employee named above be promoted without competition. I certify that the following conditions are met.
Conditions about the duties
The employee continues the same basic functions, the major duties of the former position are absorbed into the new one, the new duties could not be reasonably assigned to another individual in the unit, and no positions were adversely affected.
Conditions about the position
The new position has no promotion potential and does not involve reclassification to a supervisory or leader position, from a one-grade interval to a two-grade interval series, or across occupational series.
Conditions about the employee
The employee meets all qualifications and eligibility requirements, including time-in-grade, has performed the new duties for at least six months, with a Date line, and has demonstrated satisfactory performance of the higher level duties.
Supervisor block
Name of Supervisor, Supervisor's Signature and Date.
The conditions are printed as statements. The PDF prints no checkboxes beside them.
How to complete GSA Form 5020
- 1
Enter the employee's name
Write the name of the employee recommended for promotion on the Name of Employee line.
- 2
Read each condition
The supervisor certifies that all of the listed conditions are met. The form prints them as statements to certify, not as questions with boxes.
- 3
Enter the start date of the new duties
Under the six-month condition, the form asks you to designate the date the employee began performing the new duties.
- 4
Sign and date
The supervisor enters a name, signs and dates the form at the bottom.
- 5
File it with the position description
The form says to file it on the left side of the Official Personnel Folder with a copy of the position description.
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Filing and what the form says
Where it goes
The form says: File this form on the left side of the Official Personnel Folder with a copy of the position description.
Who signs
The PDF prints one signature line, for the supervisor, with a date.
What the PDF does not include
The PDF prints no OMB number, burden estimate or privacy notice, and GSA's page lists no authority or regulation for the form.
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Who completes GSA Form 5020?
The form is completed and signed by a supervisor about an employee, and is filed in the Official Personnel Folder.
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Questions about Form GSA5020
Who issues GSA Form 5020?
The footer prints General Services Administration and GSA 5020 11/2017. GSA hosts the form in its forms library.
Who signs GSA Form 5020?
The PDF prints one signature line, Supervisor's Signature, with the Name of Supervisor and a Date. There is no signature line for the employee.
Where is GSA Form 5020 filed?
The form says to file it on the left side of the Official Personnel Folder with a copy of the position description.
What does the form say about the new position?
Its conditions say the new position is a clear successor to the former position, has no promotion potential, and does not involve reclassification to a supervisory or leader position, from a one-grade interval to a two-grade interval series, or across occupational series.
What time period does the form mention?
One condition says the new duties have been performed for at least six months, and the form asks for the date the employee began performing them.
Does the form mention competition?
Yes. The supervisor's statement says I recommend the employee named above be promoted without competition.