5 CFR § 848.102 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s848.102"
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title: "5 CFR § 848.102 - Definitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "848.102"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "848"
part_name: "PHASED RETIREMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461; 5 U.S.C. 8412a."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 46632, Aug. 8, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "848"
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# 848.102 Definitions.

In this subpart—

*Authorized agency official* means—

(1) For the executive branch agencies, the head of an Executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105;

(2) For the legislative branch, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or the head of any other legislative branch agency;

(3) For the judicial branch, the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts;

(4) For the Postal Service, the Postmaster General;

(5) For any other independent establishment that is an entity of the Federal Government, the head of the establishment; or

(6) An official who is authorized to act for an official named in paragraphs (1)-(5) in the matter concerned.

*Composite retirement annuity* means the annuity computed when a phased retiree attains full retirement status.

*Director* means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

*Full retirement status* means that a phased retiree has ceased employment and is entitled, upon application, to a composite retirement annuity.

*Full-time* means—

(1) An officially established recurring basic workweek consisting of 40 hours within the employee's administrative workweek (as established under § 610.111 of this chapter or similar authority); or

(2) An officially established recurring basic work requirement of 80 hours per biweekly pay period (as established for employees with a flexible or compressed work schedule under 5 U.S.C. chapter 61, subchapter II, or similar authority).

*Phased employment* means the less-than-full-time employment of a phased retiree.

*Phased retiree* means a retirement-eligible employee who—

(1) With the concurrence of an authorized agency official, enters phased retirement status; and

(2) Has not entered full retirement status;

*Phased retirement annuity* means the annuity payable under 5 U.S.C. 8412a before full retirement.

*Phased retirement percentage* means the percentage which, when added to the working percentage for a phased retiree, produces a sum of 100 percent.

*Phased retirement period* means the period beginning on the date on which an individual becomes entitled to receive a phased retirement annuity and ending on the date on which the individual dies or separates from phased employment.

*Phased retirement status* means that a phased retiree is concurrently employed in phased employment and eligible to receive a phased retirement annuity.

*Working percentage* has the meaning given that term in § 848.202(a).