[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR451.107]

[Page 328]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 451--AWARDS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--Agency Awards
 
Sec. 451.107  OPM responsibilities.

    (a) OPM shall review and approve or disapprove each agency 
recommendation for an award that would grant more than $10,000 to an 
individual employee.
    (b) When a recommended award would grant more than $25,000 to an 
individual employee, OPM shall review the recommendation and submit it 
(if approved) to the President for final approval.
    (c) OPM shall review and approve or disapprove a request from the 
head of an Executive agency to extend the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 4505a 
to any category of employees within that agency that would not be 
covered otherwise.
    (d) OPM may evaluate the operation and application of an agency's 
award program(s).