Administrator. The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, or authorized representative.
Agency. The term "agency" means any Federal, State, or local agency or instrumentality, or other similar entity, that enters into a contract or provides assistance through loan, grant, loan guarantee or insurance, or otherwise, to a project subject to the Davis-Bacon labor standards, as defined in § 5.2 of this subtitle.
Area. The term "area" means the city, town, village, county or other civil subdivision of the State in which the work is to be performed.
Department of Labor-approved website for wage determinations (DOL-approved website). The term "Department of Labor-approved website for wage determinations" means the government website for both Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act wage determinations. In addition, the DOL-approved website provides compliance assistance information. The term will also apply to any other website or electronic means that the Department of Labor may approve for these purposes.
Employed. Every person performing the duties of a laborer or mechanic in the construction, prosecution, completion, or repair of a public building or public work, or building or work financed in whole or in part by assistance from the United States through loan, grant, loan guarantee or insurance, or otherwise, is employed regardless of any contractual relationship alleged to exist between the contractor and such person.
Prevailing wage. The term "prevailing wage" means:
Type of construction (or construction type). The term "type of construction (or construction type)" means the general category of construction, as established by the Administrator, for the publication of general wage determinations. Types of construction may include, but are not limited to, building, residential, heavy, and highway. As used in this part, the terms "type of construction" and "construction type" are synonymous and interchangeable.
United States or the District of Columbia. The term "United States or the District of Columbia" means the United States, the District of Columbia, and all executive departments, independent establishments, administrative agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States and of the District of Columbia, and any corporation for which all or substantially all of the stock of which is beneficially owned by the United States, by the District of Columbia, or any of the foregoing departments, establishments, agencies, and instrumentalities.
29 C.F.R. §1.2