[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 61914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30412]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 4
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 adjusts provisions
concerning the office of the Chief Postal Inspector in light of
statutory amendments enacted by Public Law 100-504.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Koerber, (202) 268-4800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board of Governors of the Postal Service
has amended its bylaw provisions concerning the office of Chief Postal
Inspector. Under former provisions of the Inspector General Act, the
Chief Postal Inspector served as the Inspector General for the Postal
Service. The law specifically required the concurrence of the Governors
for a transfer or removal of the Chief Inspector. Public Law 100-504
created an independent Inspector General for the Postal Service, and
revised the language governing the Chief Postal Inspector. As now
codified in 39 U.S.C. 204, the law currently requires notice to the
Governors and Congress but does not expressly require the Governors'
concurrence. At its meeting on November 3, 1997, the Board revised
sections 4.5 and 4.6 of its bylaws conforming them to the language of
the statute. Section 4.6, dealing separately with the Chief Postal
Inspector, is removed, and provisions concerning the appointment and
removal of the Chief Inspector in line with 39 U.S.C. 204 are
transferred to section 4.5.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 4
Administrative practice and procedure, Organization and functions
(Government agencies), Postal Service.
Accordingly, 39 CFR Part 4 is amended as follows:
PART 4--OFFICERS (ARTICLE IV)
1. The authority citation for Part 4 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 202-205, 401(2), (10), 402, 1003, 3013.
2-3. Section 4.5 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 4.5 Assistant Postmasters General, General Counsel, Judicial
Officer, Chief Postal Inspector.
There are within the Postal Service a General Counsel, a Judicial
Officer, a Chief Postal Inspector, and such number of officers,
described in 39 U.S.C. 204 as Assistant Postmasters General, whether so
denominated or not, as the Board authorizes by resolution. These
officers are appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Postmaster
General. The Chief Postal Inspector shall report to, and be under the
general supervision of, the Postmaster General. The Postmaster General
shall promptly notify the Governors and both Houses of Congress in
writing if he or she removes the Chief Postal Inspector or transfers
the Chief Postal Inspector to another position or location within the
Postal Service, and shall include in any such notification the reasons
for such removal or transfer.
Sec. 4.6 [Removed]
4. Section 4.6 is removed.
Sec. 4.7 [Redesignated as Sec. 4.6]
5. Section 4.7 is redesignated as Sec. 4.6.
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 97-30412 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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