The definitions listed below are used throughout this part.
Additional definitions appear in the subparts or sections of subparts to which they apply.
It does not include the General Accounting Office or the Government of the District of Columbia. An agency may delegate these authorities to any number of agency designees necessary to ensure that determinations are made, approvals are given, and other actions are taken in a timely and responsible manner. Any provision that requires a determination, approval, or other action by the agency designee shall, where the conduct in issue is that of the agency head, be deemed to require that such determination, approval or action be made or taken by the agency head in consultation with the designated agency ethics official. 2638.204 of this chapter, who has been delegated authority to assist in carrying out the responsibilities of the designated agency ethics official. 2638.201 of this chapter.