[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 78321]
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

5 CFR Part 1800


Correction to Statutory Citation

AGENCY: Office of Special Counsel

ACTION: Final Rule; Technical Amendment

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SUMMARY:  The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is correcting a statutory 
citation in its regulation on filing complaints of prohibited personnel 
practices or other prohibited activity at 5 CFR 1800.1.

DATES: This rule is effective on December 24, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Stackhouse, 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 allege a prohibited 
personnel practice or other violation of civil service law, rule, or 
regulation by a Federal agency.
    OSC is correcting an erroneous statutory citation to federal merit 
system principles in its regulation on filing complaints of prohibited 
personnel practices at 5 C.F.R. 1800.1(a)(12). The citation in the 
current regulation refers to 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1). This citation, 
however, is incorrect, and should read 5 U.S.C. 2301(b).
    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 
unnecessary and contrary to the public interest, on the grounds that: 
(1) this amendment is technical and non-substantive; and (2) the public 
benefits from early correction of an incorrect statutory citation.
    OSC is submitting 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.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1800

    Equal employment opportunity, Government employees, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Whistleblowing

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Office of Special 
Counsel is amending title 5, part 1800 as follows:

Part 1800 - Filing of Complaints and Allegations

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

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1212(e).
    2. Replace the statutory citation in Sec.  1800.1(a)(12) that reads 
``5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1)'' with ``5 U.S.C. 2301(b)''.

    Dated: December 16, 2002.
Elaine D. Kaplan,
Special Counsel.
[FR Doc. 02-32375 Filed 12-23-02; 8:45 am]
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