Paying agency
Paying agency means an agency of the Federal Government that employs the individual who owes a debt to an agency of the Federal Government and transmits payment requests in the form of certified payment vouchers, or other similar forms, to a disbursing official for disbursement. The same agency may be both the creditor agency and the paying agency.
Source
12 CFR § 1208.2
Scoping language
The following terms apply to this part, unless defined otherwise elsewhere-