[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR430.310]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 430_PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C_Managing Senior Executive Performance
 
Sec. 430.310  Performance Review Boards (PRBs).

    Each agency must establish one or more PRBs to make recommendations 
to the appointing authority on the performance of its senior executives.
    (a) Membership. (1) Each PRB must have three or more members who are 
appointed by the agency head, or by another official or group acting on 
behalf of the agency head. Agency heads are encouraged to include women, 
minorities, and people with disabilities on PRBs.
    (2) PRB members must be appointed in a way that assures consistency, 
stability, and objectivity in SES performance appraisal.
    (3) When appraising a career appointee's performance or recommending 
a career appointee for a performance award, more than one-half of the 
PRB's members must be SES career appointees.
    (4) The agency must publish notice of PRB appointments in the 
Federal Register before service begins.
    (b) Functions. (1) Each PRB must review and evaluate the initial 
summary rating, the senior executive's response, and the higher level 
official's comments on the initial summary rating, and conduct any 
further review needed to make its recommendations.
    (2) The PRB must make a written recommendation to the appointing 
authority about each senior executive's annual summary rating.
    (3) PRB members may not take part in any PRB deliberations involving 
their own appraisals.

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