256.2—Definitions.
As used in this part:
Agency shall have the same meaning as prescribed in 5 CFR 550.1103.
Creditor agency means the Federal agency to which the debt is owed.
Day, unless specified otherwise, means a calendar day, and time limits are to be computed by counting calendar days, rather than only those days on which Commission offices are open for business.
Debt means an amount owed to the United States from any source, except as provided in this part. Such debts include, but are not limited to, those arising from loans insured or guaranteed by the United States, fees, leases, rents, royalties, services, sales of real or personal property, overpayments, fines penalties, damages, interest forfeitures, etc. Interest, penalties, and administrative costs may be assessed on debts collected pursuant to this part. These charges shall be assessed or waived in accordance with the provisions of 4 CFR 102.13.
Delinquent debt means (a) a debt which has not been paid, or for which arrangements for payment have not been agreed to by the creditor agency and the employee, by the date specified in the creditor agency's initial written notification or (b) a debt for which the employee fails to comply with the terms of payment arrangements agreed to with the creditor agency.
Disposable pay shall have the same meaning as prescribed in 5 CFR 550.1103.
Employee means a current—
Pay means basic pay, premium pay, special pay, incentive pay, retired pay, retainer pay, or, in case of an employee not entitled to basic pay, other authorized pay.
Paying agency means the Federal agency or branch of the Armed Forces or Reserves employing the individual or disbursing his or her current pay.
Salary offset means an administrative offset to collect a debt under 5 U.S.C. 5514 by deduction at one or more officially established pay intervals from the current pay of an employee without his consent.
Waiver means the cancellation, remission, forgiveness or nonrecovery of a debt allegedly owed by an employee to an agency as permitted or required by 5 U.S.C. 5584, 5 U.S.C. 8346(b), 10 U.S.C. 2774, or 32 U.S.C. 716, or any other law.