### Question
How is the term special Government employee defined?


### Answer
The term **special Government employee** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 202* as the following:

> an officer or employee of the executive or legislative branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States or of the District of Columbia, who is retained, designated, appointed, or employed to perform, with or without compensation, for not to exceed one hundred and thirty days during any period of three hundred and sixty-five consecutive days, temporary duties either on a full-time or intermittent basis, a part-time United States commissioner, a part-time United States magistrate judge, or, regardless of the number of days of appointment, an independent counsel appointed under chapter 40 of title 28 and any person appointed by that independent counsel under section 594(c) of title 28. Notwithstanding the next preceding sentence, every person serving as a part-time local representative of a Member of Congress in the Member's home district or State shall be classified as a special Government employee. 

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 202*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 11-BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST**

