---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 430.207"
title: "5"
number: "430.207"
heading: "Monitoring performance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/430.207"
---

# §430.207. Monitoring performance.

- (a) **Minimum period.** An appraisal program shall establish a minimum period of performance that must be completed before a performance rating may be prepared.
- (b) **Ongoing appraisal.** An appraisal program shall include methods for appraising each critical and non-critical element during the appraisal period. Performance on each critical and non-critical element shall be appraised against its performance standard(s). Ongoing appraisal methods shall include, but not be limited to, conducting one or more progress reviews during each appraisal period.
- (c) **Unacceptable performance.** An appraisal program shall provide for—
  - (1) Assisting employees in improving unacceptable performance at any time during the appraisal period that performance is determined to be unacceptable in one or more critical elements; and
  - (2) **Taking action based on unacceptable performance.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 43943, Aug. 23, 1995, as amended at 91 FR 41537, July 7, 2026]

### Source

Source: 60 FR 43943, Aug. 23, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 2301, chapter 43 and 5307(d).

### Amendments

[60 FR 43943, Aug. 23, 1995, as amended at 91 FR 41537, July 7, 2026]