### Question
Can you define what Federal auditor means?


### Answer
**Federal auditor** is defined as the following in *18 U.S.C. § 1516*:

> any person employed on a full- or part-time or contractual basis to perform an audit or a quality assurance inspection for or on behalf of the United States; [1](#1516_1_target)


(2) the term “in any 1 year period” has the meaning given to the term “in any one-year period” in section 666

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 1516*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 73-OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE**

