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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 601. Definitions
As used in this chapter -
(1) the term "agency head" means the head and any assistant
head of an executive agency, and may "upon the designation by"
the head of an executive agency include the chief official of any
principal division of the agency;
(2) the term "executive agency" means an executive department
as defined in section 101 of title 5, an independent
establishment as defined by section 104 of title 5 (except that
it shall not include the General Accounting Office), a military
department as defined by section 102 of title 5, and a wholly
owned Government corporation as defined by section 9101(3) of
title 31, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Rate
Commission;
(3) the term "contracting officer" means any person who, by
appointment in accordance with applicable regulations, has the
authority to enter into and administer contracts and make
determinations and findings with respect thereto. The term also
includes the authorized representative of the contracting
officer, acting within the limits of his authority;
(4) the term "contractor" means a party to a Government
contract other than the Government;
(5) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator for
Federal Procurement Policy appointed pursuant to the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act [41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.];
(6) the term "agency board" means an agency board of contract
appeals established under section 607 of this title; and
(7) the term "misrepresentation of fact" means a false
statement of substantive fact, or any conduct which leads to a
belief of a substantive fact material to proper understanding of
the matter in hand, made with intent to deceive or mislead.
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