---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 551.402"
title: "5"
number: "551.402"
heading: "Agency responsibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/551.402"
---

# §551.402. Agency responsibility.

- (a) An agency is responsible for exercising appropriate controls to assure that only that work for which it intends to make payment is performed.
- (b) An agency shall keep complete and accurate records of all hours worked by its employees.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85664, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5542(c); Sec. 4(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended by Pub. L. 93-259, 88 Stat. 55 (29 U.S.C. 204f). Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 48238, July 31, 2026.