CFR Title 5 – Administrative Personnel is one of fifty titles comprising the United States

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(CFR), containing the principal set of rules and

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issued by federal agencies regarding administrative personnel. It is available in digital and printed form, and can be referenced online using th
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
(e-CFR).

Structure

The table of contents, as reflected in the e-CFR updated March 5, 2014, is as follows:

History

The CFR was authorized by President

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on October 11, 1938, as a means to organize and maintain the growing material published by federal agencies in the newly mandated

Federal Register The ''Federal Register'' (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices. It is published every weekday, except on feder ...

. The first volume of the CFR was published in 1939 with general applicability and legal effect in force June 1, 1938. The

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(OFR) began publishing yearly revisions for some titles in 1963 with legal effective dates of January 1 each year. By 1967 all 50 titles were updated annually and effective January 1. The CFR was placed online in 1996. The OFR began updating the entire CFR online on a daily basis in 2001.{{cite web, last=Hemphill, first=Jim, title=Federal Register Facts, url=https://www.federalregister.gov/uploads/2011/01/fr_facts.pdf, access-date=11 March 2014, page=2, year=2010

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