When designing a method to assign the summary level, do critical elements have to weigh more than non-critical elements?
No. The Governmentwide regulations permit non-critical elements to have a greater weight in determining the final summary level. However, if performance on any critical element is appraised as Unacceptable, a Level 1 summary must be assigned and performance on a non-critical element can not be used to raise that summary above Level 1, no matter the weight it might receive in other circumstances.
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