{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-335.104","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 335.104","heading":"Eligibility for career ladder promotion.","body":"No employee shall receive a career ladder promotion unless his or her current rating of record under part 430 of this chapter is “Fully Successful” (level 3) or higher. In addition, no employee may receive a career ladder promotion who has a rating below “Fully Successful” on a critical element that is also critical to performance at the next higher grade of the career ladder.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 335—PROMOTION AND INTERNAL PLACEMENT","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"396faaebb6f9b0b7a1bb3df0f2182cff568103b7b24dcd7c078e09e291323d3d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-335.103","next":"us/5-cfr-335.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}