[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1000.26]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1000--COMMISSION ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1000.26  Office of Information Services.

    The Office of Information Services, which is managed by the 
Assistant Executive Director for Information Services, is responsible 
for general policy, controlling and conducting managerial activities and 
operations relating to the collection, use, and dissemination of 
information by the agency. The Office manages the Commission's 
information system that supports all its program activities. The Office 
provides automated data processing and operational support for data 
collection, information retrieval, report generation, electronic mail, 
and statistical and mathematical operations of the agency. The Office 
maintains the agency's local and wide area networks and develops and 
supports other network applications. The Office develops plans for 
improving agency operations through the use of information technology. 
The Office's functional responsibilities include planning, organizing, 
and directing information resources management (including records 
management and related requirements), and the managing of the agency's 
management directives system. The Office administers the Commission's 
telecommunications services including the agency's toll-free Hotline by 
which the public reports hazardous consumer products and receives 
information about product recalls and product hazards. It also oversees 
operation of the Commission's Internet and fax-on-demand services.

[61 FR 1707, Jan. 23, 1996, as amended at 66 FR 38369, July 24, 2001]