[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1330.402]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
 
PART 1330_HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart D_Performance Appraisal Certification for Pay Purposes
 
Sec.  1330.402  Definitions.

    In this subpart--
    Appraisal system means the policies, practices, and procedures an 
agency establishes under 5 U.S.C. chapter 43 and 5 CFR part 430, 
subparts B and C, or other applicable legal authority, for planning, 
monitoring, developing, evaluating, and rewarding employee performance. 
This includes appraisal systems and appraisal programs as defined at 
Sec.  430.203 and performance management systems as defined at Sec.  
430.303.
    GPRA means the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.

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    OMB means the Office of Management and Budget.
    OPM means the Office of Personnel Management.
    Outstanding performance means performance that substantially exceeds 
the normally high performance expected of any senior employee, as 
evidenced by exceptional accomplishments or contributions to the 
agency's performance.
    Performance evaluation means the comparison of the actual 
performance of senior employees against their performance expectations 
and may take into account their contribution to agency performance, 
where appropriate.
    Performance expectations means critical and other performance 
elements and performance requirements that constitute the senior 
executive performance plans (as defined in Sec.  430.303) established 
for senior executives, the performance elements and standards that 
constitute the performance plans (as defined in Sec.  430.203) 
established for senior professionals, or other appropriate means 
authorized under performance appraisal systems not covered by 5 U.S.C. 
chapter 43 for communicating what a senior employee is expected to do 
and the manner in which he/she is expected to do it, and may include 
contribution to agency performance, where appropriate.
    Program performance measures means results-oriented measures of 
performance, whether at the agency, component, or function level, which 
include, for example, measures under the Government Performance and 
Results Act.
    PRB means Performance Review Board, as described at Sec.  430.310.
    Relative performance means the performance of a senior employee with 
respect to the performance of other senior employees, including their 
contribution to agency performance, where appropriate, as determined by 
the application of a certified appraisal system.
    Senior employee means a senior executive or a senior professional.
    Senior executive means a member of the Senior Executive Service 
(SES) paid under 5 U.S.C. 5383.
    Senior professional means an employee in a senior-level (SL) or 
scientific or professional position (ST) paid under 5 U.S.C. 5376.