---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2610.109"
title: "5"
number: "2610.109"
heading: "Awards against other agencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2610.109"
---

# §2610.109. Awards against other agencies.


If an applicant is entitled to an award because it prevails over another agency of the United States that participates in a proceeding before the Office of Government Ethics and takes a position that is not substantially justified, the award or an appropriate portion of the award shall be made against that agency.


## 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.