[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8091]


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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

5 CFR Part 1200


Board Organization

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) is 
amending its organization and functions statement to reflect a change 
in responsibilities for performance of its human resources management 
functions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 2, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert E. Taylor, Clerk of the Board, 
(202) 653-7200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective September 28, 1998, the Board 
entered into a cross-servicing arrangement with APHIS Business Services 
(ABS), a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, under which ABS provides most human 
resources management services to MSPB. The MSPB Financial and 
Administrative Management Division (FAMD) administers the cross-
servicing arrangement with ABS and has direct responsibility for 
certain personnel functions, including policy, training, drug testing, 
and the Employee Assistance Program. FAMD also administers the cross-
servicing arrangement with USDA's National Finance Center (NFC) for 
accounting and payroll services. The NFC continues to process personnel 
actions, which are now entered by ABS. This amendment to 5 CFR part 
1200 reflects these changes by removing all references to the Human 
Resources Management Division and by revising the description of FAMD 
functions.
    The Board is publishing this rule as a final rule pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 1204(h).

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1200

    Organization and functions (Government agencies).

    Accordingly, the Board amends 5 CFR part 1200, subpart B, as 
follows:

PART 1200--[AMENDED]

Subpart B--Offices of the Board--[Amended]

    1. The authority citation for part 1200, subpart B, continues to 
read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204(h) and (j).

    2. Section 1200.10 is amended by removing paragraph (a)(9) in its 
entirety, by redesignating paragraph (a)(10) as paragraph (a)(9), by 
removing paragraph (b)(9) in its entirety, by redesignating paragraph 
(b)(10) as paragraph (b)(9), and by revising paragraph (b)(8) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 1200.10  Staff Organizations and Functions.

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    (8) Financial and Administrative Management Division. The Financial 
and Administrative Management Division administers the budget, 
procurement, property management, physical security, and general 
services functions of the Board. It develops and coordinates internal 
management programs and projects, including review of internal controls 
agencywide. It performs certain personnel functions, including policy, 
training, drug testing, and the Employee Assistance Program. It also 
administers the agency's cross-servicing arrangements with the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center for accounting, 
payroll, and personnel action processing services and with the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's APHIS Business Services for most human 
resources management services.
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    Dated: March 26, 1999.
Robert E. Taylor,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-8091 Filed 4-1-99; 8:45 am]
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