---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4304"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "4304"
heading: "Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/4304"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart C — Employee Performance"
  - "Chapter 43 — Performance Appraisal"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §4304. Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management

- (a) The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall make technical assistance available to [agencies](/usc/5/4301.md?p=1) in the development of performance appraisal [systems](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29).
- (b)
  - (1) The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) shall review each performance appraisal [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29) developed by any [agency](/usc/5/4301.md?p=1) under this section and determine whether the performance appraisal [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29) meets the requirements of this subchapter.
  - (2) The Comptroller General shall from time to time review on a selected basis performance appraisal [systems](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29) established under this subchapter to determine the extent to which any such [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29) meets the requirements of this subchapter and shall periodically report its findings to the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) and to the Congress.
  - (3) If the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) determines that a [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29) does not meet the requirements of this subchapter (including regulations prescribed under [section 4305](/usc/5/4305.md)), the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) shall direct the [agency](/usc/5/4301.md?p=1) to implement an appropriate [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29) or to correct operations under the [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29), and any such [agency](/usc/5/4301.md?p=1) shall take any action so required.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 440; Pub. L. 95–454, title II, § 203(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1134.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 2005. | Sept. 30, 1950, ch. 1123, § 6, 64 Stat. 1099. |

In subsection (a)(1), the words “corresponding to an efficiency rating of ‘good’ under the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944, as amended, and under laws superseded by this chapter” in clause (1) of former section 2005 are omitted, but are carried into section 3502.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management” for “Ratings for performance” in section catchline and in text substituted provisions relating to the responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management under this subchapter, for provisions relating to ratings for performance.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.