[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: 5CFR304.102]

[Page 142]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 304_EXPERT AND CONSULTANT APPOINTMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 304.102  Definitions.

    For purposes of this part:
    (a) An agency is an executive department, a military department, or 
an independent agency.
    (b) A consultant is a person who can provide valuable and pertinent 
advice generally drawn from a high degree of broad administrative, 
professional, or technical knowledge or experience. When an agency 
requires public advisory participation, a consultant also may be a 
person who is affected by a particular program and can provide useful 
views from personal experience.
    (c) A consultant position is one that requires providing advice, 
views, opinions, alternatives, or recommendations on a temporary and/or 
intermittent basis on issues, problems, or questions presented by a 
Federal official.
    (d) An expert is a person who is specially qualified by education 
and experience to perform difficult and challenging tasks in a 
particular field beyond the usual range of achievement of competent 
persons in that field. An expert is regarded by other persons in the 
field as an authority or practitioner of unusual competence and skill in 
a professional, scientific, technical or other activity.
    (e) An expert position is one that requires the services of a 
specialist with skills superior to those of others in the same 
profession, occupation, or activity to perform work on a temporary and/
or intermittent basis assigned by a Federal official. For example, a 
microbial contamination specialist may apply new test methods to 
identify bacteria on products, a computer scientist may adapt advanced 
methods to develop a complex software system, or a plate maker may 
engrave a novel design.
    (f) Intemittent employment, as defined in part 340, subpart D, of 
this chapter, means employment without a regularly scheduled tour of 
duty.
    (g) Temporary employment means employment not to exceed 1 year. An 
expert or consultant serving under a temporary appointment may have a 
full-time, part-time, seasonal, or intermittent work schedule.
    (h) Employment without compensation means unpaid service that is 
provided at the agency's request and is to perform duties that are 
unclassified. It is not volunteer service.