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AND TERMS </h1> <div class="body"> <p class="p"> <span class="ph">Authority: </span> 42 U.S.C. 7101 and 50 U.S.C. 2401 </p> <p class="p"> <span class="ph">Source: </span> 76 FR 7690, Feb. 11, 2011, unless otherwise noted. </p> <p class=" ListL1"> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/dears/part-902%E2%80%94definitions-words-and-terms#Subpart_902_1_T48_5031831" title="Subpart 902.1—Definitions" aria-label="Subpart 902.1鈥擠efinitions. 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Link 4">SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL</a></div></div></nav><article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title2" id="Subpart_902_1_T48_5031831"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title2">Subpart 902.1—Definitions</h2> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title3" id="Section_902_101_T48_503183111"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title3"> <span class="ph autonumber">902.101</span> Definitions.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P"> <em class="ph i">Agency Head</em> or <em class="ph i">Head of the Agency</em> means— </p> <p class="p List1"> </p> <p class="p List2">(1) For the Department of Energy (DOE)— </p> <p class="p List2"> </p> <p class="p List3">(i) The Secretary; </p> <p class="p List2">(ii) The Deputy Secretary; or </p> <p class="p List2">(iii) Under Secretaries of the Department of Energy. </p> <p class="p List1">(2) For the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) the Administrator, also known as the Under Secretary of Nuclear Security. </p> <p class="p P"> <em class="ph i">Department of Energy (DOE)</em> means, as used in the DEAR, the Department of Energy and includes the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), unless otherwise specified. </p> <p class="p P"> <em class="ph i">Senior Procurement Executive</em> means for the Department of Energy, the Director, Office of Acquisition Management and for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services. </p> </div> </article> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title4" id="Subpart_902_2_T48_5031832"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title4">Subpart 902.2—Definitions Clause</h2> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title5" id="Section_902_201_T48_503183211"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title5"> <span class="ph autonumber">902.201</span> 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