[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: 5CFR179.101] [Page 27] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 179_CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Provisions and Administration Sec. 179.101 General collection standards. Subpart A_General Provisions and Administration Sec. 179.101 General collection standards. 179.102 Delegation of authority. Subpart B_Salary Offset 179.201 Purpose. 179.202 Scope. 179.203 Definitions. 179.204 Applicability of regulations. 179.205 Waiver requests and claims to the General Accounting Office. 179.206 Notice requirements before offset. 179.207 Hearing. 179.208 Certification. 179.209 Voluntary repayment agreement as alternative to salary offset. 179.210 Special review. 179.211 Notice of salary offset. 179.212 Procedures for salary offset. 179.213 Coordinating salary offset with other agencies. 179.214 Interest, penalties and administrative costs. 179.215 Refunds. 179.216 Request for the services of a hearing official when the creditor agency is not OPM. 179.217 Non-waiver of rights by payments. 179.218 Additional administrative collection action. Subpart C_Administrative Offset 179.301 Scope of regulations. 179.302 Definitions. 179.303 General. 179.304 Notification procedures. 179.305 Agency review. 179.306 Written agreement for repayment. 179.307 Administrative offset. 179.308 Accelerated procedures. 179.309 Additional administrative procedures. Authority: 31 U.S.C. 952; 5 U.S.C. 1103; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 5 CFR part 550 subpart K; 31 U.S.C. 3701; 31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A. The general standards and procedures governing the collection, compromise, termination, and referral to the Department of Justice of claims for money and property that are prescribed in the regulations issued jointly by the General Accounting Office and the Department of Justice pursuant to the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (4 CFR part 101 et seq.), apply to the administrative claim collection activities of OPM. [33 FR 12406, Sept. 4, 1968]