(a) Coverage. (1) This subpart covers--
(1) This subpart covers--
(i) A career appointee who has completed the probationary period in the SES; and
(ii) A career appointee who is not required to serve a probationary period in the SES.
(2) This subpart does not cover, however, a career appointee who is serving as a reemployed annuitant. See subpart I of this part for removal of a reemployed annuitant.
(b) Definitions--(1) Final rating means the rating of record made by an appointing authority under the SES performance appraisal system in accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(3) and part 430, subpart C, of this chapter.
(1) Final rating means the rating of record made by an appointing authority under the SES performance appraisal system in accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(3) and part 430, subpart C, of this chapter.
(2) A less than fully successful final rating means a rating of unsatisfactory or minimally satisfactory.
(c) Optional removal from the SES. The agency may remove a career appointee from the SES after the appointee has been given one final rating of unsatisfactory.
(d) Mandatory removal from the SES. The agency must remove a career appointee from the SES after--
(1) The appointee has been given two final ratings of unsatisfactory within 5 consecutive years; or
(2) The appointee has been given two final ratings of less than fully successful within 3 consecutive years.