[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48387-48388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23146]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 1
RIN 2900-AG75
Organizational Contact for Missing Children Official Mail Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
regulations concerning the use of official mail in the location and
recovery of missing children. This rule updates the Departmental
contact person and organizational units, reflects current practices,
and clarifies provisions.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This amendment is effective September 19, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Roslynd R. Stewart, Information
Management Service (045A4), Office of Policy and Program Assistance,
Office of Information Resources Management, Office of Management,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20420-0001, (202) 565-8949.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Administrative Procedure Act
The changes made by this final rule constitute rules of agency
organization. The remainder of the changes made by this final rule are
nonsubstantive and there is good cause for concluding that notice and
public procedure thereon are unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. Accordingly, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, we are dispensing with
prior notice and comment and with a 30-day delay of the effective date.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Secretary certifies that this final rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612. The amendments made by this final rule will not have a substantial
effect on any individuals or entities. Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
605(b), this amendment is exempt from the initial and final regulatory
flexibility analysis requirements of sections 603 and 604.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 16.543.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and procedure, Archives and records,
Cemeteries, Claims, Courts, Flags, Freedom of information, Government
contracts, Government employees, Government property, Infants and
children, Inventions and patents, Investigations, Parking, Penalties,
Postal Service, Privacy, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Seals and insignia, Security measures, Veterans Affairs Department,
Wages.
Approved: September 8, 1995.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 38 CFR part 1 is amended
as follows:
PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The authority citation following the table of contents for part
1 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, except as otherwise noted.
2. Section 1.700 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1.700 Purpose.
Sections 1.700 through 1.705 of this title provide a Missing
Children Official Mail Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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(Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3220(a)(2), 5 U.S.C. 301)
3. Section 1.701 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1.701 Contact person for missing children official mail program.
The Department of Veterans Affairs contact person for the Missing
Children Official Mail Program is: Mrs. Roslynd R. Stewart, Information
Management Service (045A4), Office of Policy and Program Assistance,
Office of Information Resources Management, Office of Management,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20420-0001. Telephone: (202) 565-8949.
(Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3220(a)(2), 5 U.S.C. 301)
Sec. 1.702 [Amended]
4. In Sec. 1.702, paragraph (b) is amended by removing ``If doing
so would be cost effective, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall
insert via automated insertion equipment'' and adding, in its place,
``The Department of Veterans Affairs will insert''; by removing ``types
of''; by removing ``data processing'' and adding, in its place,
``automation''; and by removing ``may be'' and adding, in its place,
``are''.
5. In Sec. 1.702, paragraph (c) is amended by removing ``will be''
in both places and adding, in its place in both places, ``is''; and by
removing ``the Mail and Travel Policy Division'' and adding, in its
place, ``Information Management Service''.
6. In Sec. 1.702, paragraph (d) is amended by removing ``(i.e. use
or destroy)''; by removing ``will be'' and adding, in its place,
``is''; by removing ``contract'' and adding, in its place, ``contact'';
by removing ``envelopes''; and by removing ``as to'' and adding, in its
place, ``as of''.
7. In Sec. 1.702, paragraph (h) is amended by removing
``reguations'' and adding, in its place, ``regulations''.
8. Section 1.703 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1.703 Percentage estimate.
It is the Department of Veterans Affairs objective that 20 percent
of its first class official mail addressed to the public contain
missing children photographs and information.
(Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3220(a)(2), 5 U.S.C. 301)
Sec. 1.705 [Amended]
9. In Sec. 1.705, paragraph (a) is amended by removing ``which are
ordered and/or stocked in quantities which'' and adding, in its place,
``ordered and stocked in quantities that''.
10. In Sec. 1.705, paragraph (c) is amended by removing ``and/or''
and adding, in its place, ``or''.
11. In Sec. 1.705, paragraph (e) is amended by removing ``return,
address areas'' and adding, in its place, ``return address area''; and
by removing ``OJJDP'' and adding, in its place, ``Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention''.
[FR Doc. 95-23146 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]
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