97-11445. Alternate Designated Ethics Official

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24054-24055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11445]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 0

[DA No. 97-721]


Alternate Designated Ethics Official

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has created a new position of Associate General 
Counsel for Ethics in the Office of General Counsel and has approved 
the designation of the current holder of that position as Alternate 
Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO). This Order clarifies that 
there will no longer be a specific position designated for the 
Alternate DAEO. This organizational change will be beneficial to the 
agency in implementing its statutory ethical obligations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon B. Kelley, Office of General 
Counsel, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Adopted: April 9, 1997; Released: April 11, 1997.
    1. Section 0.251(a) of the Commission's rules delegates authority 
to the General Counsel to act as the Designated Agency Ethics Official 
(DAEO) and the Associate General Counsel for Administrative Law to act 
as the Alternate DAEO. 47 CFR Sec. 0.251(a). On March 13, 1997, the 
Commission created the position of Associate General Counsel for Ethics 
in the Office of General Counsel, effective March 16, 1997, and 
approved the designation of the current holder of that position as 
Alternate DAEO. The Commission also instructed the Managing Director to 
make conforming changes in the Commission's rules. To be consistent 
with this Commission action, section 0.251(a) will no longer identify a 
specific position for the Alternate DAEO.
    2. Accordingly, it is ordered that, effective upon publication in 
the Federal Register, section 0.251(a) of the Commission's rules is 
amended, as set forth below pursuant to section 4(i) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 47 U.S.C. Sec. 154(i).
    3. The amendment adopted in this Order involves agency organization 
and thus the Administrative Procedure Act's prior notice and comment 
effective date requirements do not apply. 5 U.S.C. Secs. 553 (b)(A), 
(d).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 0

    Organization and functions (Government agencies).

Federal Communications Commission.
Andrew S. Fishel,
Managing Director.

Rule Change

    Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 0, is amended as 
follows:

PART 0--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority for Part 0, Subpart B, of Title 47 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 155.

    2. Section 0.251 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:

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Sec. 0.251  Authority delegated.

    (a) The General Counsel is delegated authority to act as the 
``designated agency ethics official.''
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[FR Doc. 97-11445 Filed 5-1-97; 8:45 am]
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