[Federal Register: March 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 44)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 110
RIN 3206-AJ73
Posting Regulations
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed
regulations to revise the rules relating to notice of new regulations
and information collection requirements. The revisions include
eliminating one subpart and renaming the remaining subpart and plain
language modifications.
DATES: Submit comments on or before May 5, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver written comments to: Claudio A. Benedi,
Chief, Publications Services Division, Office of Contracting and
Administrative Services, Office of Personnel Management, Room 5H35,
1900 E St NW., Washington, DC 20415-7730, or Fax: (202) 606-0909.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert T. Coco, (202) 606-1822, Fax:
(202) 606-0909, or email rtcoco@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are revising part 110 to reflect the
removal of old subpart B--Information Collection Requirements. Old
subpart B was a requirement arising from an internal OPM housekeeping
function no longer in effect. Its removal requires us to eliminate the
old subpart A designation and use the designation part 110 to refer to
the remaining material. We have also made minor word changes and
changed the order of material within the section. Except as otherwise
noted, the purpose of these revisions is not to make substantive
changes but, rather, to make part 110 more readable.
Section 110.101: Changes ``special bulletins'' to ``notice'' and
changes ``new regulations'' to ``new proposed, interim, and final
regulations.'' Corrects the name of the type of issuance currently
used, which was changed in 1994 when the bulletin system was abolished,
and clarifies regulation description to indicate that it includes new
proposed, interim, and final regulations.
Section 110.101(b): (Note old paragraphs (a) and (b) have been
reversed, and redesignated as paragraphs (b) and (a), respectively, so
that they are now in a more logical sequence). Provides the option for
viewing documents either in paper format or via Web site, thus
providing the ability to use electronic as well as paper format of
documents.
Section 110.102(b): Adds ``agency Web sites'' as a supplemental
posting option. This provides the option for an agency to make new OPM
regulations available on the agency's Web site or through a link to the
OPM Web site.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this proposed regulation will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Review
The Office of Management and Budget has reviewed this rule in
accordance with Executive Order 12866.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 110
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
Accordingly, OPM proposes to revise part 110 of title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 110--POSTING NOTICES OF NEW OPM REGULATIONS
Sec.
110.101 What are OPM's Notice and Posting System responsibilities?
110.102 What are Agency responsibilities?
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103.
Sec. 110.101 What are OPM's Notice and Posting System
responsibilities?
OPM will issue a notice that will provide information for Federal
agencies, employees, managers, and other stakeholders on each of its
new proposed, interim, and final regulations. Each notice will
transmit:
(a) A posting notice that briefly explains the nature of the
change, and provides a place for Federal agencies to indicate where the
full text of the Federal Register notice will be available for review.
(b) A copy of the notice of rulemaking that appears in the Federal
Register or a link to a Web site where the notice of rulemaking
appears.
Sec. 110.102 What are Agency responsibilities?
(a) Agencies will make regulations available for review by
employees, managers, and other interested parties. Federal agencies
receiving the notices of rulemaking described in Sec. 110.101(b) will
make those regulations available for review upon request. Each agency
will complete the posting notice described in Sec. 110.101(a)
indicating where and how requests to review these materials should be
made.
(b) Agencies will determine posting locations and, if desired,
develop supplemental announcements. Agencies will display completed
posting notices in a prominent place where the notices can be easily
seen and read. Agencies will choose the posting location that best fits
their physical layout. Agencies may supplement these postings with
announcements in employee newsletters, agency Web sites, or other
communication methods. The basic requirement to post the notice
continues, however, even if supplemental announcement methods are used.
(c) Agencies will post notices of the new regulations even if the
Federal Register comment date has passed. The public comment period on
proposed regulations begins when a notice of proposed rulemaking is
published in the Federal Register, not with the posting of the notice
described in Sec. 110.101(a). The purpose of the Sec. 110.101(a)
notice is solely to inform agency personnel of changes. Agencies are
required to post the Sec. 110.101(a) notice even if the formal
deadline for comments shown in the preamble of the Federal Register
notice of rulemaking has passed. Agencies should make every reasonable
effort to minimize delays in distributing the notice described in Sec.
110.101 to their field offices.
(d) No fixed posting period. There are no minimum or maximum time
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on displaying the notice described in Sec. 110.101(a). Each office
receiving a notice for posting should choose the posting period which
provides the best opportunity to inform managers and employees of
regulatory changes based upon office layout, geographic dispersion of
employees, and other local factors.
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