{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-330.101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 330.101","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) In this part:\nAgency means:\n(1) An Executive department listed at 5 U.S.C. 101;\n(2) A military department listed at 5 U.S.C. 102;\n(3) A Government owned corporation in the executive branch;\n(4) An independent establishment in the executive branch as described at 5 U.S.C. 104; and\n(5) The Government Printing Office.\nComponent means the first major subdivision of an agency, separately organized, and clearly distinguished in work function and operation from other agency subdivisions (e.g., the Internal Revenue Service under the Department of the Treasury or the National Park Service under the Department of the Interior).\nLocal commuting area has the meaning given that term in § 351.203 of this chapter.\nPermanent competitive service workforce and permanent competitive service employees mean agency employees serving under career or career-conditional appointments, in tenure group I or II, respectively.\nPosition change has the meaning given that term in § 210.102 of this chapter.\nRating of record has the meaning given that term in § 351.203 of this chapter.\nRepresentative rate has the meaning given that term in § 351.203 of this chapter.\nTenure groups are described in § 351.501 of this chapter.\n(b) In this subpart:\nVacancy means a vacant position in the competitive service, regardless of whether the position will be filled by permanent or time-limited appointment, for which an agency is seeking applications from outside its current permanent competitive service workforce.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL)","Subpart A—Filling Vacancies in the Competitive Service"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"ff6c352913788b710879c4ab6c6dd76698f03d8256914687b2979f6c25ac6870","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-319.402","next":"us/5-cfr-330.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}