### Question
Can you define what head of the establishment means?


### Answer
**Head of the establishment** is defined as the following in *5 U.S.C. § 12*:

> the Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Homeland Security, or the Treasury

#### Citation:
  - *5 U.S.C. § 12*
  - Heading: **INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978**

