PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

OPM must give agencies technical help when they build systems to rate employee performance. OPM will review each agency’s system to decide if it meets the law’s requirements. The Comptroller General will also review some systems from time to time and report what it finds to OPM and to Congress. If OPM finds a system does not meet the requirements, including any rules under section 4305, OPM will order the agency to fix or replace it, and the agency must follow that order.

Title 5, §4304

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(a)The Office of Personnel Management shall make technical assistance available to agencies in the development of performance appraisal systems.

(b)(1)The Office shall review each performance appraisal system developed by any agency under this section and determine whether the performance appraisal system meets the requirements of this subchapter.

(2)The Comptroller General shall from time to time review on a selected basis performance appraisal systems established under this subchapter to determine the extent to which any such system meets the requirements of this subchapter and shall periodically report its findings to the Office and to the Congress.

(3)If the Office determines that a system does not meet the requirements of this subchapter (including regulations prescribed under section 4305), the Office shall direct the agency to implement an appropriate system or to correct operations under the system, and any such agency shall take any action so required.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 2005.Sept. 30, 1950, ch. 1123, § 6, 64 Stat. 1099. In subsection (a)(1), the words “corresponding to an efficiency rating of ‘good’ under the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944, as amended, and under laws superseded by this chapter” in clause (1) of former section 2005 are omitted, but are carried into section 3502. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management” for “Ratings for performance” in section catchline and in text substituted provisions relating to the responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management under this subchapter, for provisions relating to ratings for performance.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

§4304 Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management