Official superior
Official superior means any other employee, other than the President and the Vice President, including but not limited to an immediate supervisor, whose official responsibilities include directing or evaluating the performance of the employee's official duties or those of any other official superior of the employee. For purposes of this subpart, an employee is considered to be the subordinate of any of his official superiors.
Source
5 CFR § 2635.303
Scoping language
For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions shall apply: