[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR10.1] [Page 15] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 10_AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS; OPM AUTHORITY TO REVIEW PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS (RULE X)--Table of Contents Sec. 10.1 Definitions. Sec. 10.1 Definitions. 10.2 Accountability systems. 10.3 OPM authority to review personnel management programs and practices. Source: E.O. 13197, 66 FR 7853, Jan. 25, 2001, unless otherwise noted. For purposes of this rule-- (a) 'Agency' means an Executive agency as defined in Rule IX, but does not include a Government corporation or the General Accounting Office; and (b) 'Merit system principles' means the principles for Federal personnel management that are set forth in section 2301(b) of title 5, United States Code. [[Page 16]]