[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR226.2]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 226--GROUPS AND DEPARTMENTS REPORTING TO THE ASSOCIATE POSTMASTERS 
GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 226.2  Facilities and Supply Group.

    (a) General. The Administrative Services Group consists of three 
departments headed by an Assistant Postmaster General and one department 
headed by the Judicial Officer.
    (b) Facilities Department. The Facilities Department is responsible 
for:
    (1) Designing, constructing, modifying, and repairing facilities.
    (2) Leasing, purchasing, managing, and disposing of real estate.
    (3) Developing policies, procedures, and new technology in support 
of facilities programs.
    (4) Maximizing the use of real estate assets.
    (c) Procurement and Supply Department. The Procurement and Supply 
Department is responsible for:
    (1) Developing, implementing, and reviewing procurement and 
contracting policies and procedures.
    (2) Developing, implementing, and reviewing warehousing and 
inventory of equipment and supplies.
    (3) Directing the day-to-day maintenance and repair of the 
headquarters building.
    (d) Information Resource Management Department. The Information 
Resource Management Department is responsible for:
    (1) Providing data processing support services including systems 
analysis and programming.
    (2) Establishing policy and procedures on the use of computers and 
telecommunications.
    (3) Guiding the development of information systems.
    (4) Managing a national data and voice communications systems.
    (5) Providing payroll processing and distribution services and 
general accounting services.
    (6) Providing technical solutions to information requirements.
    (e) Judicial Officer.
    (1) The Judicial Officer is responsible for:
    (i) The performance of quasi-judicial duties and the issuance of 
final decisions and orders.
    (ii) Serving as the agency for the purposes of the requirements of 
the Administrative Procedure Act.
    (iii) Presiding at the reception of evidence as provided in rules of 
practice.
    (iv) Revising or amending the rules governing eligibility to 
practice before the Postal Service, revising or amending Postal Service 
rules of practice governing proceedings conducted under the 
Administrative Procedure Act, and issuing and revising rules of practice 
for other proceedings.
    (v) Serving as Chairman of the Board of Contract Appeals and 
performing the functions of the agency head under the Contract Disputes 
Act of 1978, as amended.
    (vi) Administratively supervising Administrative Law Judges and 
hearing appeals from their decisions.
    (2) Board of Contract Appeals is responsible for processing, hearing 
and issuing final agency decisions in connection with contract disputes.
    (3) Office of Administrative Law Judges. Administrative Law Judges 
are responsible for presiding at administrative hearings as delegated by 
the Judicial Officer.

[52 FR 46999, Dec. 11, 1987; 54 FR 29709, July 14, 1989]