[Federal Register: April 6, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 66)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 17928-17929]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
36 CFR Part 400
Employee Responsibilities and Conduct; Removal of Superseded
Regulations and Addition of Residual Cross-References
AGENCY: American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The American Battle Monuments Commission is repealing its
superseded old agency employee responsibilities and conduct
regulations, which have been replaced by the executive branch-wide
Standards of Ethical Conduct and financial disclosure regulations
issued by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). In their place, the
ABMC is adding a section of residual cross-references to those new
provisions as well as to certain executive branch-wide conduct rules
promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
DATES: This rule is effective May 6, 2004 without further action,
unless adverse comment is received by May 5, 2004. If adverse comment
is received, ABMC will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Agency Web site: http://www.abmc.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the ABMC Web site. E-mail: gloukhofft@abmc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Theodore Gloukhoff, Designated
Agency Ethics Official, American Battle
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Monuments Commission, Suite 500, Courthouse Plaza II, 2300 Clarendon
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201; telephone: (703) 696-6908; FAX: (703)
696-6666.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1992, OGE issued a final rule setting
forth uniform Standards of Ethical Conduct and an interim final rule on
financial disclosure for executive branch departments and agencies of
the Federal Government and their employees. Those two executive branch-
wide regulations, as corrected and amended, are codified at 5 CFR parts
2634 and 2635. Together those regulations have superseded the old ABMC
regulations on employee responsibilities and conduct, which were
codified at 36 CFR part 400 (and were based on prior OPM standards).
Accordingly, the ABMC is removing its superseded regulations and adding
in place thereof a new section containing residual cross-references to
the new provisions at 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2635. In addition, the ABMC
is adding to that section a reference to the specific executive branch-
wide restrictions on gambling, safeguarding the examination process and
conduct prejudicial to the Government which are set forth in 5 CFR part
735, as issued by OPM in 1992.
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 400
Conflict of interests, Government employees.
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For the reasons set forth in the preamble, American Battle Monuments
Commission is revising 36 CFR part 400 to read as follows:
PART 400--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 36 U.S.C. 2103.
Sec. 400.1 Cross-references to employees' ethical conduct standards,
financial disclosure regulations and other conduct rules.
Employees of the American Battle Monuments Commission are subject
to the executive branch-wide standards of ethical conduct and financial
disclosure regulations at 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2635 as well as the
executive branch-wide employee responsibilities and conduct regulations
at 5 CFR part 735.
Dated: March 30, 2004.
Theodore Gloukhoff,
Director, Personnel and Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-7675 Filed 4-5-04; 8:45 am]
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