{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-735.101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 735.101","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this part:\nAgency means an Executive agency (other than the Government Accountability Office) as defined by 5 U.S.C. 105, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission.\nEmployee means any officer or employee of an agency, including a special Government employee, but does not include a member of the uniformed services.\nGovernment means the United States Government.\nSpecial Government employee means an officer or employee specified in 18 U.S.C. 202(a) except one who is employed in the legislative branch or by the District of Columbia.\nUniformed services has the meaning given that term by 5 U.S.C. 2101(3).","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 735—EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"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":"19103eee0886cfb592f4cdaf136cf38d43aca9a2175b7b3f921ae8be0c59886f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-734.702","next":"us/5-cfr-735.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}