# § 4313. Criteria for performance appraisals
Appraisals of performance in the Senior Executive Service shall be based on both individual and organizational performance, taking into account such factors as—
**(1)** improvements in efficiency, productivity, and quality of work or service, including any significant reduction in paperwork;
**(2)** cost efficiency;
**(3)** timeliness of performance;
**(4)** other indications of the effectiveness, productivity, and performance quality of the employees for whom the senior executive is responsible;
**(5)** meeting affirmative action goals, achievement of equal employment opportunity requirements, and compliance with the merit systems principles set forth under section 2301 of this title; and
**(6)** protecting whistleblowers, as described in section 4302(b)(2).
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 405(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1168; amended Pub. L. 103–424, § 6, Oct. 29, 1994, 108 Stat. 4364; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1097(d)(2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1620.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2017—Par. (6). added par. (6).
1994—Par. (5). amended par. (5) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (5) read as follows: “meeting affirmative action goals and achievement of equal employment opportunity requirements.”
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective 9 months after , and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of , see section 415(a)(1), (b), of , set out as a note under .