[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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 ASSIGNMENTS UNDER THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
PERSONNEL ACT (IPA)--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, for purposes of participation in this program, 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 (including, e.g., the Presidential 
Management Fellows Program, the Federal Career Intern Program, the 
Student Career Experience Program, and Veterans Recruitment Appointments 
(VRA)), or an individual employed for at least 90 days in a career 
position with a State, local, or Indian tribal government, institution 
of higher education, or other eligible organization;
    Federal agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3371(3) 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;
    Indian tribal government as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3371(2)(c) means 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;
    Institution of higher education means a domestic, accredited public 
or private 4-year and/or graduate level college or university, or a 
technical or junior college;
    Local government as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3371(2)(A) and (B) means:
    (1) Any political subdivision, instrumentality, or authority of a 
State or States; and
    (2) Any general or special purpose agency of such a political 
subdivision, instrumentality, or authority;
    Other organization as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3371(4) means:
    (1) A national, regional, Statewide, area wide, or metropolitan 
organization representing member State or local governments;
    (2) An association of State or local public officials;
    (3) A nonprofit organization which offers, as one of its principal 
functions, professional advisory, research, educational, or development 
services, or related services, to governments or universities concerned 
with public management; or
    (4) A federally funded research and development center.
    State as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3371(1) 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; an instrumentality 
or authority of a State or States; and a Federal-State authority or 
instrumentality.