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legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-43/section-4313.md

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+title: "5 U.S.C. § 4313"
+description: "Criteria for performance appraisals"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 5
+title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
+chapter_number: "43"
+chapter_name: "PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL"
+section: "4313"
+citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4313"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 5 U.S.C. § 4313 - Criteria for performance appraisals
+
+## Text
+
+Appraisals of performance in the Senior Executive Service shall be based on both individual and organizational performance, taking into account such factors as—
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+(1) improvements in efficiency, productivity, and quality of work or service, including any significant reduction in paperwork;
+
+(2) cost efficiency;
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+(3) timeliness of performance;
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+(4) other indications of the effectiveness, productivity, and performance quality of the employees for whom the senior executive is responsible;
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+(5) meeting affirmative action goals, achievement of equal employment opportunity requirements, and compliance with the merit systems principles set forth under section 2301 of this title; and
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+(6) protecting whistleblowers, as described in section 4302(b)(2).
+
+(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 405(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1168; amended Pub. L. 103–424, § 6, Oct. 29, 1994, 108 Stat. 4364; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1097(d)(2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1620.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2017—Par. (6). Pub. L. 115–91 added par. (6). 1994—Par. (5). Pub. L. 103–424 amended par. (5) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (5) read as follows: “meeting affirmative action goals and achievement of equal employment opportunity requirements.”
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective 9 months after Oct. 13, 1978, and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of Pub. L. 95–454, see section 415(a)(1), (b), of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 3131 of this title.