[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR200.13]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
PART 200--ORGANIZATION; CONDUCT AND ETHICS; AND INFORMATION AND REQUESTS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart A--Organization and Program Management
 
Sec. 200.13  Executive Director.

    (a) The Executive Director is responsible for developing and 
executing the overall management policies of the Commission for all its 
operating divisions and staff offices. The Executive Director also 
provides executive direction to, and exercises administrative control 
over, the Office of Administrative and Personnel Management, the Office 
of the Comptroller, the Office of Filings and Information Services, the 
Office of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Operations, and the 
Office of Information Technology. In addition, the Executive Director 
implements the following statutes, regulations, and Executive orders, as 
well as those that the Chairman may designate:
    (1) Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
    (2) Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Program (15 U.S.C. 
631 et seq.).
    (3) Government Printing and Binding Regulations, U.S. Congress Joint 
Committee on Printing (1977).
    (4) Occupational Safety and Health Programs for Federal Employees 
under Executive Order 12196 of February 26, 1980 (29 CFR 1960.1-
1960.90).
    (5) Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (31 U.S.C. 
3512).
    (6) National Security Information under Executive Order 12356 of 
April 6, 1982.
    (7) Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (31 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.).
    (8) Recommendations of the Report of the National Performance Review 
(September 1993).
    (b) The Executive Director appoints personnel, reviews and approves 
policies and procedures, and assures appropriate resources to implement 
the programs set forth in paragraph (a) of this

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section, and authorizes and transmits reports required by them.
    (c) The Executive Director also designates certifying officers for 
agency payments, prescribes procurement regulations, enters into 
contracts, designates contracting officers, and makes procurement 
determinations.
    (d) As the Chief Operating Officer of the Commission, the Executive 
Director shall be responsible for:
    (1) Implementing the goals of the President and the Chairman and the 
mission of the Commission;
    (2) Providing overall organizational management to improve agency 
performance;
    (3) Assisting the Chairman in promoting ongoing quality improvement, 
developing strategic plans, and measuring results;
    (4) Directing ongoing reengineering of the Commission's 
administrative processes;
    (e) Overseeing Commission-specific application of performance 
measures, procurement reforms, personnel reductions, financial 
management improvements, telecommunications and information technology 
policies, and other government-wide systems reforms adopted as a result 
of the recommendations of the National Performance Review; and
    (f) Reforming the Commission's management practices by incorporating 
the principles of the National Performance Review into day-to-day 
management.

[60 FR 14624, Mar. 20, 1995]