§ 0.735-2 - Definitions.

In this part:

(a) Agency means an independent subagency or departmental staff office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

(b) Agency Head means the Administrator or Chief Executive Officer of an independent subagency or departmental staff office.

(c) Conflict-of-interest means a situation in which a Federal employee's private interest, usually of an economic nature, conflicts with his or her Government duties and responsibilities.

(d) Appearance of conflict-of-interest means a situation where it could reasonably be concluded that an employee's private interest is in conflict with his or her Government duties and responsibilities, even though there may not actually be such a conflict.

(e) Employee means a regular officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture including excepted and WOC employees and includes a special Government employee unless otherwise provided.

(f) Special Government employee means an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who is retained, designated, appointed, or employed to perform temporary duties either on a full-time or intermittent basis, with or without compensation, for not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days.

(g) Supervisor means an employee having authority, in the interest of an Agency, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees or responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their grievance, or effectively recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.

(h) Outside employment or activity means any outside work, service, or activity performed by an employee other than in the performance of official duties. It includes but is not limited to such activities as writing, editing, publishing, teaching, lecturing, consulting services, self-employment, working for another employer, management or operation of a private business, personally owned business, partnership, corporation, or any work perfomed with or without compensation.

(i) Members of family means those blood and in-law relations who are residents of the employee's household.

(j) The Executive order means Executive Order 11222 of May 8, 1965.