5 CFR 535.102
§ 535.102 Definitions.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 535.102, § 535.102 Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/6678
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Agency has the meaning given that term in 5 U.S.C. 5102.
Critical position means a position for which OPM has granted authority to the head of an agency to exercise the pay-setting authority provided in 5 U.S.C. 5377.
Critical position pay authority means the authority that may be granted to the head of an agency by OPM under 5 U.S.C. 5377 to set the rate of basic pay for a given critical position under the provisions of that section.
Critical position pay rate means the specific rate of pay established by the head of an agency for an employee in a critical position based upon the exercise of the critical position pay authority. A critical position pay rate is a rate of basic pay to the extent provided in § 535.106.
Employee means an employee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105) in or under an agency.
Head of an agency means the agency head or an official who has been delegated the authority to act for the agency head in the matter concerned.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.