Foreign Service Performance-Based Actions
Functional Series 400 – Human Resources
Full Revision Date: 07/05/2024
Responsible Office: HCTM/CPE
File Name: 464_070524
Overview
The Foreign Service (FS) Employee Performance & Development Program (EP&D) is a performance management program that gives USAID employees the opportunity to assist in improving organizational effectiveness to accomplish the Agency’s mission and goals (see ADS 461, Foreign Service and Senior Foreign Service Performance Management & Development Programs). In support of EP&D, this chapter establishes policy for performance-based actions when career FS employees fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance.
This chapter applies to all tenured, career FS and Senior Foreign Service (SFS) officers under the authority of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended. This includes tenured FS and SFS employees assigned outside the Agency who have reemployment rights to USAID.
This chapter is not applicable to FS career candidates, Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), Personal Service Contractors (PSCs), Civil Service (CS) employees (including Schedule C employees and employees whose appointments are administratively determined), other employees serving on non-career Foreign Service Limited (FSL) appointments, Presidential Appointees, Senior Executive Service (SES) employees, or experts and consultants under the authority of 5 USC 43 and 5 CFR 430 (see ADS 489, Performance Based Actions - Civil Service for performance based actions for CS employees).
