[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: 5CFR334.102]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 334_TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES BETWEEN FEDERAL AGENCIES 
AND STATE, LOCAL, AND INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 334.102  Definitions.

    In this part: Assignment means a period of service under chapter 33, 
subchapter VI of title 5, United States Code;
    Employee means an individual serving in a Federal agency under a 
career or career-conditional appointment including career appointees in 
the Senior Executive Service, individuals under appointments of 
equivalent tenure in excepted service positions, and Fellows and Senior 
Fellows in the Presidential Management Fellows Program; or an individual 
employed for at least 90 days

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in a career position with a State, local, or Indian tribal government, 
institution of higher education, or other eligible organization;
    Federal agency means an Executive agency, military department, a 
court of the United States, the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Garden, the 
Government Printing Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the United 
States Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission, the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol, the Office of Technology Assessment, and such 
other similar agencies of the legislative and judicial branches as 
determined appropriate by the Office of Personnel Management;
    Institution of higher education means a domestic, accredited public 
or private 4-year college or university, or a technical or junior 
college;
    Indian tribal government refers to any Indian tribe, band, nation, 
or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native 
village as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 
668) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and 
services provided by the United States to Indians because of their 
status as Indians and includes any tribal organization as defined in 
section 4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (Pub. L. 93-638, S. 105);
    Local government means any political subdivision, instrumentality, 
or authority of a State or States; and any general or special purpose 
agency of such a political subdivision, instrumentality, or authority;
    Other organization means a national, regional, Statewide, areawide, 
or metropolitan organization representing member State or local 
governments; an association of State or local public officials; or a 
nonprofit organization which has as one of its principal functions the 
offering of professional advisory, research, education, or development 
services, or related services to governments or universities concerned 
with public management; and
    State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and a territory or possession of 
the United States; and an instrumentality or authority of a State or 
States; and a Federal-State authority or instrumentality.

[44 FR 25394, May 1, 1979, as amended at 70 FR 28780, May 19, 2005]