[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51667]
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[FR Doc No: 95-24564]
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 191 / Tuesday, October 3, 1995 /
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
5 CFR Parts 2608, 2612 and 2635
RIN 3209-AA04
Removal of Two Previously Reserved Parts No Longer Needed and
Correction of One Regulatory Citation
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Government Ethics is removing two previously
reserved parts, which it has determined are no longer needed, from
OGE's chapter of the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, OGE is
correcting one citation in its executive branch standards of ethical
conduct regulation.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William E. Gressman, Office of
Government Ethics, telephone: 202-523-5757, FAX: 202-523-6325.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with Executive Order 12861,
Elimination of One-Half of Executive Branch Internal Regulations, OGE
has reviewed its own internal regulations and directives not mandated
by law or necessary for the provision of essential services in order to
achieve at least a 50% reduction of unnecessary issuances. As part of
that review, OGE has determined that two previously reserved parts in
its chapter XVI of 5 CFR are unnecessary and should be removed. The two
parts are 5 CFR part 2608, ``Rules of practice'' [Reserved], and part
2612, ``Use of penalty mail in the location and recovery of missing
children'' [Reserved]. As a small agency, the Office of Government
Ethics does not have a need for internal regulations on these two
subjects.
In this rulemaking document, the Office of Government Ethics is
also correcting one out-of-date citation, to General Services
Administration regulations on frequent traveler benefits, in the OGE
executive branchwide standards of ethical conduct regulation as
codified in a note following 5 CFR 2635.203(b)(7).
Administrative Procedure Act
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (b) and (d), as Director of the Office of
Government Ethics, I find good cause exists for waiving the general
notice of proposed rulemaking and 30-day delay in effectiveness as to
these minor revisions. The notice and delayed effective date are being
waived because these technical amendments and correction to certain OGE
regulations concern matters of agency organization, practice and
procedure and because it is in the public interest that the obsolete
parts be removed and that the one citation be updated as soon as
possible.
Executive Order 12866
In promulgating these technical amendments to its regulations, OGE
has adhered to the regulatory philosophy and the applicable principles
of regulation set forth in section 1 of Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review. These amendments and corrections have
not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under that
Executive order, as they deal with agency organization, management and
personnel matters and are not, in any event, deemed ``significant''
thereunder.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
As Director of the Office of Government Ethics, I certify under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) that this rulemaking
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply
because this technical amendments rulemaking does not contain any
information collection requirements that require the approval of the
Office of Management and Budget.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 2635
Conflict of interests, Executive branch standards of ethical
conduct, Government employees.
Approved: September 25, 1995.
Stephen D. Potts,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Office of Government
Ethics is amending chapter XVI of 5 CFR by removing parts 2608 and
2612, which were previously reserved, and by amending part 2635 as
follows:
PART 2635--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 2635 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7351, 7353; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in
Government Act of 1978); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp.,
p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp.,
p. 306.
Sec. 2635.203(b)(7), note [Amended]
2. In the last sentence of the note following Sec. 2635.203(b)(7),
the citation ``41 CFR 301-1.6(b)'' is revised to read ``41 CFR 301-
1.103 (b) and (f)''.
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