---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2610.101"
title: "5"
number: "2610.101"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2610.101"
---

# §2610.101. Definitions.

- (a) Act means the Equal Access to Justice Act, [5 U.S.C. 504](/usc/5/504.md), as amended.
- (b) Adjudicative officer means the official, without regard to whether the official is designated as a hearing examiner, administrative law judge, administrative judge, or otherwise, who presided at the adversary adjudication.
- (c) **Adversary adjudication—** means:
  - (1) An adjudication under [5 U.S.C. 554](/usc/5/554.md) in which the position of the United States is represented by counsel or otherwise, but not including an adjudication for the purpose of establishing or fixing a rate or for the purpose of granting or renewing a license; and
  - (2) An appeal of a decision of a contracting officer made pursuant to section 6 of the Contracts Disputes Act of 1978 ([41 U.S.C. 605](/usc/41/605.md)) as provided in [section 8](/cfr/5/8.md) of that statute ([41 U.S.C. 607](/usc/41/607.md)).
- (d) **Agency counsel—** means:
  - (1) When the position of the Office is being represented, the attorney or attorneys designated by the Office's General Counsel to represent the Office in a proceeding covered by this part; and
  - (2) When the position of another agency of the United States is being represented, the representative or representatives as designated by that agency.
- (e) Office means the United States Office of Government Ethics, or the organizational unit within the Office responsible for conducting an adversary adjudication subject to this part.
- (f) Proceeding means an adversary adjudication as defined above.
- (g) Director means the Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1); 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 33268, July 28, 1992, unless otherwise noted.