5 CFR § 359.802 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s359.802"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 359.802 - Definitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "359.802"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "359"
part_name: "REMOVAL FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE; GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN OTHER PERSONNEL SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1302, 3302, and 3596, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "359"
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# 359.802 Definitions.

For the purpose of this subpart, *furlough* means the placing of an appointee in a temporary status without duties and pay because of lack of work or funds or other nondisciplinary reasons.