§ 210.102 Definitions

5 CFR 210.102(a)(a) The definitions in paragraph (b) of this section apply throughout this chapter, except when a defined term is specifically modified in or specifically defined for the purpose of a particular part.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(b) In this chapter:

5 CFR 210.102(b)(1)(1) Appointing officer means a person having power by law, or by lawfully delegated authority, to make appointments to positions in the service of the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(2)(2) OPM means the Office of Personnel Management.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(3)(3) Days, unless otherwise defined or limited, means calendar days and not workdays. In computing a period of time prescribed in this chapter, the day of the action or event after which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included. The last day of the period so computed is to be included unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, a Sunday, nor a legal holiday.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(4)(4) Demotion means a change of an employee, while serving continuously within the same agency:

5 CFR 210.102(b)(4)(i)(i) To a lower grade when both the old and the new positions are under the General Schedule or under the same type graded wage schedule; or

5 CFR 210.102(b)(4)(ii)(ii) To a position with a lower rate of pay when both the old and the new positions are under the same type ungraded wage schedule, or are in different pay method categories.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(5)(5) Eligible means an applicant who meets the minimum requirements for entrance to an examination and is rated 70 or more in the examination by OPM.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(6)(6) Employee means a civilian officer or employee.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(7)(7) Metropolitan area of Washington, DC., means the District of Columbia; Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church Cities, Va.; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties, Va.; and Charles, Montgomery, and Prince Georges Counties, Md.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(8)(8) Noncompetitive action means a promotion, demotion, reassignment, transfer, reinstatement, or an appointment based on prior service.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(9)(9) Overseas means outside the continental United States, but does not include Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, the Isthmus of Panama, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(10)(10) Position change means a promotion, demotion, or reassignment.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(11)(11) Promotion means a change of an employee, while serving continuously within the same agency:

5 CFR 210.102(b)(11)(i)(i) To a higher grade when both the old and the new positions are under the General Schedule or under the same type graded wage schedule; or

5 CFR 210.102(b)(11)(ii)(ii) To a position with a higher rate of pay when both the old and the new positions are under the same type ungraded wage schedule, or are in different pay method categories.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(12)(12) Reassignment means a change of an employee, while serving continuously within the same agency, from one position to another without promotion or demotion.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(13)(13) Reemployed annuitant means an employee whose annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, was continued on reemployment in an appointive position on or after October 1, 1956.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(14)(14) Register means a list of qualified applicants compiled in order of relative standing for certification.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(15)(15) Reinstatement means the noncompetitive reemployment for service as a career or career-conditional employee of a person formerly employed in the competitive service who had a competitive status or was serving probation when he was separated from the service.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(16)(16) Status quo employee means an employee who failed to acquire a competitive status when the position in which he was serving was placed in the competitive service by a statute, Executive order, or Civil Service rule, which permitted his retention without the acquisition of status.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(17)(17) Tenure means the period of time an employee may reasonably expect to serve under his current appointment. It is granted and governed by the type of appointment under which an employee is currently serving without regard to whether he has a competitive status or whether his appointment is in a competitive position or in an excepted position.

5 CFR 210.102(b)(18)(18) Transfer means a change of an employee, without a break in service of 1 full workday, from a position in one agency to a position in another agency.