---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 511.604"
title: "5"
number: "511.604"
heading: "Filing an appeal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/511.604"
---

# §511.604. Filing an appeal.

- (a) **Employee.** An employee may appeal by writing to the Office directly, or by forwarding the appeal through the employing agency.
- (b) **Referral of an employee appeal to the Office.** An agency shall forward, within 60 calendar days of its receipt in the agency, and employee's appeal filed through the agency to the Office when:
  - (1) The employee has directed the appeal to the Office and the agency's written decision is not favorable; or
  - (2) The agency is not authorized to act on the employee's appeal; or
  - (3) **The agency has not decided the appeal within the established time period.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 46 FR 9913, Jan. 30, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5115, 5338, 5351.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12445, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.