[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62992-62993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25698]


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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD


NLRB Organization and Functions

AGENCY: National Labor Relations Board.

ACTION: Amendment of delegation of administrative authority to General 
Counsel under section 3(d) of National Labor Relations Act.

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SUMMARY: The National Labor Relations Board is amending the memorandum 
describing the authority and assigned responsibilities of the General 
Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board with respect to 
administrative functions. The revisions are being adopted in order to 
reestablish lines of authority within the administrative structure of 
the Agency.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th Street, NW., Room 
11600, Washington, DC 20570.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John J. Toner, Executive Secretary, 
National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th Street, NW., Room 11600, 
Washington, DC 20570. Telephone: (202) 273-1936.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board amended memorandum describing the 
authority and assigned responsibilities of the General Counsel of the 
National Labor Relations Board with respect to administrative functions 
is effective April 1, 1955, as amended September 8, 1958 (effective 
August 25, 1958), August 12, 1959 (effective August 3, 1959), and April 
28, 1961 (effective May 15, 1961) (appearing at 20 FR 2175, 23 FR 6966, 
24 FR 6666 and 26 FR 3911, respectively).

    Dated: October 4, 2002.
John J. Toner,
Executive Secretary.

National Labor Relations Board

General Counsel

Further Amendment to Memorandum Describing Authority and Assigned 
Responsibilities

    Pursuant to the provisions of section 3(a) of the Administrative 
Procedure Act (Pub. Law 404, 79th Cong., 2d Sess.), the National 
Labor Relations Board hereby separately states and currently 
publishes in the Federal Register the following further amendment to 
Board memorandum describing the authority and assigned 
responsibilities of the General Counsel of the National Labor 
Relations Board (effective October 1, 2002).

    Dated, Washington, DC, October 4, 2002.

    By direction of the Board.

Executive Secretary.

    The Board memorandum describing the authority and assigned 
responsibilities of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations 
Board effective April 1, 1955, as amended September 8, 1958 (effective 
August 25, 1958), August 12, 1959 (effective August 3, 1959), and April 
28, 1961 (effective May 15, 1961) (appearing at 20 FR 2175, 23 FR 6966, 
24 FR 6666 and 26 FR 3911, respectively), is hereby further amended as 
follows:
    1. Strike the text of paragraphs 1 and 4 of section VII of the 
amendment dated August 12, 1959 (effective August 3, 1959), strike the 
text of paragraph 2 of section VII of the amendment dated April 28, 
1961 (effective May 15, 1961), and substitute the following:

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    1. In order more fully to release the Board to the expeditious 
performance of its primary function and responsibility of deciding 
cases, the authority and responsibility for all administrative 
functions of the Agency shall be vested in the General Counsel, except 
as provided below. This authority shall be exercised subject to the 
limitations contained in paragraphs 2, 5 and 6, and shall be exercised 
in conformity with the requirements for joint determination as 
described in paragraph 4.
    2. Subject to the limitations contained in paragraphs 5 and 6, the 
General Counsel shall exercise full and final authority on behalf of 
the Agency over the selection, retention, transfer, promotion, 
demotion, discipline, discharge, and in all other respects, of all 
personnel engaged in the field, except that personnel action with 
respect to Regional Directors and Officers-in Charge of Subregional 
offices will be conducted as hereinafter provided, and in the 
Washington Office (other than personnel in the Board Members' Offices, 
the Division of Judges, the Division of Information, the Security 
Office, the Office of the Solicitor, the Office of the Executive 
Secretary and the Office of Inspector General): provided, however, that 
the establishment, transfer or elimination of any Regional or 
Subregional Office shall require the approval of the Board.
    The appointment, transfer, demotion, or discharge of any Regional 
Director or of any Officer-in-Charge of a Subregional office shall be 
made by the General Counsel only upon the approval of the Board.
    4. In connection with and in order to effectuate the foregoing, the 
General Counsel is authorized to formulate and execute such necessary 
requests, certifications, and other related documents on behalf of the 
Agency, as may be needed from time to time to meet the requirements of 
the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget 
or any other Governmental Agency; provided, however, that the total 
amount of any annual budget requests submitted by the Agency, the 
apportionment and allocation of funds and/or the establishment of 
personnel ceilings within the Agency shall be determined jointly by the 
Board and the General Counsel.
    2. Add the following paragraphs 5 and 6 to the text of section VII 
of the amendment dated April 28, 1961 (effective May 15, 1961):
    5. The Information Technology Branch shall be realigned under the 
authority of the Chief Information Officer (``CIO'') (who will jointly 
report to the General Counsel and the Chairman of the Board with 
respect to those matters covered by the responsibilities of the CIO), 
and placed with the Office of Inspector General, Office of Equal 
Employment Opportunity and the Office of Employee Development outside 
the Division of Administration. The Editorial and Publications Services 
Section of the Library and Administrative Services Branch, Division of 
Administration, shall be transferred to the Office of the Executive 
Secretary.
    6. The Chairman of the Board shall have full and final authority 
over the selection, retention, transfer, promotion, demotion, 
discipline, discharge and evaluation of those persons holding Senior 
Executive Service positions in the Division of Administration, the 
senior management official in the Office of Employee Development, the 
Chief Information Officer and the Inspector General.

[FR Doc. 02-25698 Filed 10-8-02; 8:45 am]
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