[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57911-57912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29006]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 6
Board of Governors Bylaws
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service has
approved an amendment to its bylaws. The amendment allows Governors
attending special meetings of the Board conducted by conference
telephone call to receive the statutory $300 compensation for a meeting
day if the meeting lasts more than an hour.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Koerber, (202) 268-4800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 6, 1998, the Board of Governors
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of the Postal Service amended its bylaw provisions concerning
attendance at meetings by telephone conference call. Previously, bylaw
6.4 (39 CFR 6.4), has provided that members may participate in any
meeting of the Board of Governors by telephone, but that only those
Governors attending in person would receive the $300 in compensation
provided under 39 U.S.C. 202(a) for attending not more than 30 days of
meetings per year.
Developments in technology since this bylaw was adopted have made
it possible for modern business and government organizations to conduct
meetings by teleconference more effectively than in the past. In
addition, while the Board of Governors holds regular monthly meetings
in person, generally two days in duration, the Board has found that
important business sometimes requires the scheduling of special
meetings by teleconference, in between the regularly scheduled monthly
meetings, as authorized in bylaw 6.2 (39 CFR 6.2), and subject to
compliance with the Board's rules implementing the Government in the
Sunshine Act, in Part 7 of the bylaws (39 CFR part 7). The amendment
approved on October 6 permits a Governor to receive the $300 in
compensation for participation in such a special meeting of the full
Board by teleconference, if the meeting is more than one hour in
duration. It also allows compensation for special committee meetings
held between Board meetings. As provided in 39 U.S.C. 202(a),
nevertheless, the number of meeting days, including both regular and
special meetings, for which a Governor may be paid such compensation
still may not exceed 30 days per year.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 6
Administrative practice and procedure, Organization and functions
(Government agencies), Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR Part 6 is amended as follows:
PART 6--MEETINGS (ARTICLE VI)
1. The authority citation for Part 6 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 202, 205, 401(2), (10), 1003, 3013; 5
U.S.C. 552b (3), (g).
2. Section 6.4 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 6.4. Attendance by conference telephone call.
Unless prohibited by law or by these bylaws, a member of the Board
may participate in a meeting of the Board by conference telephone or
similar communications equipment which enables all persons
participating in the meeting to hear each other and which permits full
compliance with the provisions of these bylaws concerning public
observation of meetings. Attendance at a meeting by this method
constitutes presence at the meeting; and no Governor attending by
telephone may receive compensation, except for a special meeting by
conference telephone that is more than one hour in duration, or a
special committee meeting between Board meetings called under Sec. 6.2
of these bylaws.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 98-29006 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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