[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45696-45697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18807]


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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD


Further Amendment to Memorandum Describing Authority and Assigned 
Responsibilities of the General Counsel

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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    Authority: Sections 3, 4, 6, and 10 of the National Labor 
Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 3, 4, 6, and 10.

SUMMARY: On July 23, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board amended 
the memorandum describing the authority and assigned responsibilities 
of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board with 
respect to administrative functions to establish an Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer and to reestablish lines of authority within the 
administrative structure of the Agency. This amendment makes 
corrections in certain paragraph references required due to the 
renumbering of paragraphs in the July 23 amendment.

DATES: Effective Date: August 1, 2012.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lester A. Heltzer, Executive 
Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20570. Telephone: (202) 273-1067 (this is not a toll-
free number), 1-866-315-6572 (TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of section 3(a) 
of the Administrative Procedure Act (Pub. L. 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.
    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), April 28, 
1961 (effective May 15, 1961), October 4, 2002 (effective October 1, 
2002), and July 23, 2012 (effective July 23, 2012) (appearing at 20 FR 
2175, 23 FR 6966, 24 FR 6666, 26 FR 3911, 67 FR 62992 and 77 FR 43127,

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respectively), is hereby further amended as follows:
    1. Strike the text of paragraphs 1 and 2 of section VII of the 
amendment dated October 4, 2002 (effective October 1, 2002), and 
substitute the following:
    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 7, 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 7, 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.

    Dated: Washington, DC, July 27, 2012.

    By direction of the Board.
Lester A. Heltzer,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-18807 Filed 7-31-12; 8:45 am]
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