Confidential filer defined.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) The term (1) Each officer or employee in the executive branch whose position is classified at GS-15 or below of the General Schedule prescribed by 5 U.S.C. 5332, or the rate of basic pay for which is fixed, other than under the General Schedule, at a rate which is less than 120% of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule; each officer or employee of the United States Postal Service or Postal Rate Commission whose basic rate of pay is less than 120% of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule; each member of a uniformed service whose pay grade is less than 0-7 under 37 U.S.C. 201; and each officer or employee in any other position determined by the designated agency ethics official to be of equal classification; if: (i) The agency concludes that the duties and responsibilities of the employee's position require that employee to participate personally and substantially (as defined in §§ 2635.402(b)(4) and 2640.103(a)(2) of this chapter) through decision or the exercise of significant judgment, and without substantial supervision and review, in taking a Government action regarding: (A) Contracting or procurement; (B) Administering or monitoring grants, subsidies, licenses, or other federally conferred financial or operational benefits; (C) Regulating or auditing any non-Federal entity; or (D) Other activities in which the final decision or action will have a direct and substantial economic effect on the interests of any non-Fede

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 2634.904