[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 23505-23507] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-11191] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 1997 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget. ACTION: Notice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice provides a list of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities, as required by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act), as subsequently amended. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Murrin (telephone: 202-395- 1040), Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget. [[Page 23506]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides a copy of the 1997 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities, which the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to publish annually under the IG Act. The List is divided into two groups: Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities. The Designated Federal Entities are required to establish and maintain Offices of Inspector General. The 29 Designated Federal Entities are as listed in the IG Act, except that those agencies which have ceased to exist have been deleted from the list. Federal Entities are required to annually report to each House of the Congress and the OMB on audit and investigative activities in their organizations. Federal Entities are defined as ``any Government corporation (within the meaning of section 103(1) of title 5, United States Code), any Government controlled corporation (within the meaning of section 103(2) of such title), or any other entity in the Executive Branch of the government, or any independent regulatory agency'' other than the Executive Office of the President and agencies with statutory Inspectors General. There are 4 deletions and 2 additions in the 1997 Federal Entities list from the 1996 list published in the September 26, 1996, Federal Register. The 1997 Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities List was prepared in consultation with the U.S. General Accounting Office. G. Edward DeSeve, Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management. Herein follows the text of the 1997 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities: 1997 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities The IG Act, as subsequently amended, requires OMB to publish a list of ``Designated Federal Entities'' and ``Federal Entities'' and the heads of such entities. Designated Federal Entities were required to establish Offices of Inspector General before April 17, 1989. Federal Entities are required to report annually to each House of the Congress and the Office of Management and Budget on audit and investigative activities in their organizations. Designated Federal Entities and Entity Heads 1. Amtrak--Chairperson 2. Appalachian Regional Commission--Federal Co-Chairperson 3. The Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System--Chairperson 4. Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Chairperson 5. Consumer Product Safety Commission--Chairperson 6. Corporation for Public Broadcasting--Board of Directors 7. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Chairperson 8. Farm Credit Administration--Chairperson 9. Federal Communications Commission--Chairperson 10. Federal Election Commission--Chairperson 11. Federal Housing Finance Board--Chairperson 12. Federal Labor Relations Authority--Chairperson 13. Federal Maritime Commission--Chairperson 14. Federal Trade Commission--Chairperson 15. Legal Services Corporation--Board of Directors 16. National Archives and Records Administration--Archivist of the United States 17. National Credit Union Administration--Board of Directors 18. National Endowment for the Arts--Chairperson 19. National Endowment for the Humanities--Chairperson 20. National Labor Relations Board--Chairperson 21. National Science Foundation--National Science Board 22. Panama Canal Commission--Chairperson 23. Peace Corps--Director 24. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation--Chairperson 25. Securities and Exchange Commission--Chairperson 26. Smithsonian Institution--Secretary 27. Tennessee Valley Authority--Board of Directors 28. United States International Trade Commission--Chairperson 29. United States Postal Service--Postmaster General Federal Entities and Entity Heads 1. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation--Chairperson 2. African Development Foundation--Chairperson 3. American Battle Monuments Commission--Chairperson 4. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board-- Chairperson 5. Armed Forces Retirement Home--Board of Directors 6. Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation-- Chairperson 7. Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation--Chairperson 8. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad-- Chairperson 9. Commission of Fine Arts--Chairperson 10. Commission on Civil Rights--Chairperson 11. Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled--Chairperson 12. Court of Veterans Appeals--Chief Judge 13. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board--Chairperson 14. Export-Import Bank--President and Chairperson 15. Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation--Chairperson 16. Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation--Board of Directors 17. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Appraisal Subcommittee--Chairperson 18. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service--Director 19. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission--Chairperson 20. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board--Chairperson 21. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission--Chairperson 22. Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation--Chairperson 23. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development--Chairperson 24. Institute for Museum and Library Services--Board of Directors 25. Inter-American Foundation--Chairperson 26. James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation--Chairperson 27. Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission--Chairperson 28. Marine Mammal Commission--Chairperson 29. Merit Systems Protection Board--Chairperson 30. Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation--Chairperson 31. National Bankruptcy Review Commission--Chairperson 32. National Capital Planning Commission--Chairperson 33. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science-- Chairperson 34. National Council on Disability--Chairperson 35. National Education Goals Panel--Chairperson 36. National Endowment for Democracy--Chairperson 37. National Mediation Board--Chairperson 38. National Science Foundation/Arctic Research Commission--Chairperson [[Page 23507]] 39. National Transportation Safety Board--Chairperson 40. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation--Chairperson 41. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board--Chairperson 42. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission--Chairperson 43. Office of Government Ethics--Director 44. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation--Chairperson 45. Office of Special Counsel--Special Counsel 46. Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator--Negotiator 47. Offices of Independent Counsel--Independent Counsels 48. Ounce of Prevention Council--Chairperson 49. Overseas Private Investment Corporation--Board of Directors 50. Postal Rate Commission--Chairperson 51. Selective Service System--Director 52. Smithsonian Institution/John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts--Chairperson 53. Smithsonian Institution/National Gallery of Art--Board of Trustees 54. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars--Board of Trustees 55. State Justice Institute--Director 56. Trade and Development Agency--Director 57. U.S. Enrichment Corporation--Chairperson 58. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council--Chairperson 59. U.S. Institute of Peace--Chairperson [FR Doc. 97-11191 Filed 4-29-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3110-01-P