[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 26, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

5 CFR Parts 1800, 1820, 1830 and 1850


Change of Official Mailing Address

AGENCY: Office of Special Counsel.

ACTION: Final rule; Technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is updating the suite 
number to be used when sending correspondence to the agency 
headquarters office in Washington, DC. OSC's mailing address will be: 
1730 M Street, NW, Suite 201, Washington, DC 20036-4505. Technical 
amendments are needed to update the mailing address shown in certain 
sections of OSC regulations, conforming those sections to others 
involved in recent revisions.

DATES: This rule is effective on December 26, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Stackhouse, Attorney, Planning 
and Advice Division, by telephone at (202) 653-8971, or by fax at (202) 
653-5161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is directed to the public in 
general, and to current and former Federal employees and applicants for 
Federal employment in particular, who may want to contact OSC by mail, 
including to: (a) Allege a prohibited personnel practice or other 
violation of civil service law, rule, or regulation by a Federal 
agency; (b) submit a whistleblower disclosure; or (c) request an 
advisory opinion on political activity under the Hatch Act.
    OSC recently moved the agency mailroom to Suite 201 at its 
headquarters office. OSC also recently revised its regulations at 5 CFR 
part 1800 for other purposes. See 65 FR 64881 (Oct. 31, 2000). As part 
of that regulatory revision, OSC updated the official mailing address 
shown in certain sections of part 1800 (dealing with the filing of 
complaints and whistleblower disclosures) to change the suite number 
shown, from Suite 300 to Suite 201. OSC is now publishing technical 
amendments to other sections of agency regulations at 5 CFR Chapter 
VIII, updating the official mailing address shown in those sections. 
(Suite 300, formerly used in the mailing address, will continue to 
appear in OSC's official agency address, and to serve as the reception 
point for agency visitors.)
    This action is taken under the Special Counsel's authority, at 5 
U.S.C. 1212(e), to publish regulations in the Federal Register. Under 
the Administrative Procedure Act, at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), statutory 
procedures for agency rulemaking do not apply ``when the agency for 
good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of 
reasons therefor in the rules issued) that notice and public procedure 
thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public 
interest.'' OSC finds that such notice and public procedure are 
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, on the 
grounds that: (1) These amendments are technical and non-substantive; 
and (2) the public benefits from early correction of an incorrect 
address, and further delay is unnecessary and contrary to the public 
interest.
    OSC will submit this final rule to Congress and the General 
Accounting Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. The rule is 
effective upon publication, as permitted by 5 U.S.C. 808. Pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 808(2), OSC finds that good cause exists for this effective 
date, based on the reasons cited in the preceding paragraph for the 
Sec. 553(b)(3)(B) determination.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1800, 1820, 1830 and 1850

    Administrative practice and procedure, Civil rights, Freedom of 
information, Government employees, Individuals with disabilities, 
Privacy, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Office of Special 
Counsel is amending title 5, chapter VIII as follows:

CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

PART 1800--[AMENDED]

    1. Authority citation for Part 1800 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1212(e).

PART 1820--[AMENDED]

    2. The authority citation for Part 1820 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(3), 552(a)(4), 1212(g), 1219.

PART 1830--[AMENDED]

    3. The authority citation for Part 1830 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a(f), 1212(g).

PART 1850--[AMENDED]

    4. The authority citation for Part 1850 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 29 U.S.C. 794.


Secs. 1800.3, 1820.1, 1820.2, 1820.8, 1830.1, 1830.3, and 
1850.17  [Amended]

    5. In Secs. 1800.3, 1820.1(b), 1820.2, 1820.8, 1830.1, 1830.3, and 
1850.170(c), revise the reference ``Suite 300'' to read ``Suite 201''.

    Dated: December 19, 2000.
Elaine Kaplan,
Special Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-32834 Filed 12-22-00; 8:45 am]
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