{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-535.102","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 535.102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Agency has the meaning given that term in 5 U.S.C. 5102.\nCritical position means a position for which OPM has granted authority to the head of an agency to exercise the pay-setting authority provided in 5 U.S.C. 5377.\nCritical position pay authority means the authority that may be granted to the head of an agency by OPM under 5 U.S.C. 5377 to set the rate of basic pay for a given critical position under the provisions of that section.\nCritical position pay rate means the specific rate of pay established by the head of an agency for an employee in a critical position based upon the exercise of the critical position pay authority. A critical position pay rate is a rate of basic pay to the extent provided in § 535.106.\nEmployee means an employee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105) in or under an agency.\nHead of an agency means the agency head or an official who has been delegated the authority to act for the agency head in the matter concerned.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 535—CRITICAL POSITION PAY AUTHORITY"],"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":"376917f34d627e9b41d8a59e109d75994737f673e1d72a4708b54b4840cb9289","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-535.101","next":"us/5-cfr-535.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}