[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14978-14979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8256]



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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 101-25

[FPMR Amendment E-277]
RIN 3090-AF91


Use and Replacement Standards for Electronic Typewriters and 
Electronic Office Machines

AGENCY: Federal Supply Service, GSA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation amends the Federal Property Management 
Regulations (FPMR) to delete the use and replacement standards for 
electronic typewriters and electronic office machines. Over time, these 
instructions have become obsolete. Hence, it is no longer necessary to 
retain these instructions in the FPMR. Removing these instructions from 
the FPMR will carry out the principles of the National Performance 
Review by unburdening all Federal agencies from unnecessary 
regulations. It should be noted that the instructions pertaining to 
office machines in Secs. 101-25.104, 101-25.104-1 and 101-25.106 are 
being retained.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Economou, FSS Acquisition 
Management Center at (703) 305-6936.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Services Administration (GSA) 
has determined that this rule is not a significant regulatory action 
for the purposes of Executive Order 12866. In addition, Section 553 of 
the Administrative Procedures Act, requires that agencies publish a 
general notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register so that 
the public has the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule. 
However, the requirements of section 553 do not apply to the extent 
that there is involved ``a matter relating to agency management or 
personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits or contracts. 
5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2).'' Since the subparts affected by this change deal 
with property management, the exemption from publication for notice and 
comment applies.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The final rule is not required to be published in the Federal 
Register for notice and comment. Therefore, the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act does not apply.

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 101-25

    Government property management.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 41 CFR part 101-25 is 
amended as follows:

PART 101-25--GENERAL

    1. The authority citation for part 101-25 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40 U.S.C. 486(c).

    2. Section 101-25.301 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 101-25.301  General.

    (a) This subpart prescribes minimum use standards for certain 
Government-owned personal property which shall be applied by all 
executive agencies. Additional criteria above these minimum standards 
shall be established by each executive agency, limiting its property to 
the minimum requirements necessary for the efficient functioning of the 
particular office concerned. This subpart does not apply to automatic 
data processing equipment (ADPE) which is covered in the Federal 
Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR) (41 CFR Chapter 
201).
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    3. Section 101-25.302-2 is amended by revising paragraph (d) to 
read as follows:


Sec. 101-25.302-2  Filing cabinets.

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    (d) Shifting less active files, not transferable to approved 
records centers, to fiberboard storage boxes, using filing cabinets 
only when files are constantly used.
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Sec. 101-25.302-3  [Reserved]

    4. Section 101-25.302-3 is removed and reserved.


Sec. 101-25.302-6  [Reserved]

    5. Section 101-25.302-6 is removed and reserved.
    6. Section 101-25.302-7 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 101-25.302-7  Draperies.

    Draperies are authorized for use where justified over other types 
of window coverings on the basis of cost, insulation, acoustical 
control, or maintenance of an environment commensurate with the purpose 
for which the space is allocated. Determining whether the use of 
draperies is justified is a responsibility of the agency occupying the 
building or space involved after consultation with the agency operating 
or managing the building. Authorized draperies shall be of non-
combustible or flame-resistant fabric as required in Sec. 101-20.105-1.


Sec. 101-25.403  [Reserved]

    7. Section 101-25.403 is removed and reserved.
    8. Section 101-25.404-1 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 101-25.404-1  Limitation.

    Nothwithstanding the provisions in Sec. 101-25.404, agencies shall 
limit acquisition of new office furniture to essential requirements as 
provided in Sec. 101-25.104. Replacement of correspondence filing 
cabinets will be

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governed by the provisions of Sec. 101-26.308.

    Dated: December 27, 1995.
Thurman M. Davis, Sr.,
Acting Administrator of General Services.
[FR Doc. 96-8256 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]
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