5 U.S.C. § 3401 : US Code - Section 3401: Definitions

Search 5 U.S.C. § 3401 : US Code - Section 3401: Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter - 
(1) "agency" means - 
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) a military department;
(C) an agency in the judicial branch;
(D) the Library of Congress;
(E) the Botanic Garden; and
(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not
include - 
(i) a Government controlled corporation;
(ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation;
(iv) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice;
(v) the Central Intelligence Agency; and
(vi) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; and
(2) "part-time career employment" means part-time employment of
16 to 32 hours a week (or 32 to 64 hours during a biweekly pay
period in the case of a flexible or compressed work schedule
under subchapter II of chapter 61 of this title) under a schedule
consisting of an equal or varied number of hours per day, whether
in a position which would be part-time without regard to this
section or one established to allow job-sharing or comparable
arrangements, but does not include employment on a temporary or
intermittent basis.