5 U.S.C. § 3401 — Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter— (1) "agency" means— (A) an Executive agency; (B) a military department; (C) an agency in the judicial branch; (D) the Library of Congress; (E) the Botanic Garden; and (F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; but does not include— (i) a Government controlled corporation; (ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority; (iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation; (iv) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; (v) the Central Intelligence Agency; and (vi) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; and (2) "part-time career employment" means part-time employment of 16 to 32 hours a week (or 32 to 64 hours during a biweekly pay period in the case of a flexible or compressed work schedule under subchapter II of chapter 61 of this title) under a schedule consisting of an equal or varied number of hours per day, whether in a position which would be part-time without regard to this section or one established to allow job-sharing or comparable arrangements, but does not include employment on a temporary or intermittent basis.