[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR1170.5]

[Page 407-408]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1170_METRIC CONVERSION POLICY FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1170.5  Recommendations for agency organization.

    Each agency shall:
    (a) Participate, as appropriate, in the Interagency Council on 
Metric Policy (ICMP), and/or its working committee, the Metrication 
Operating Committee (MOC), in coordinating and providing policy guidance 
for the U.S. Government's transtion to use of the metric system.
    (b) Designate a senior policy official to be responsible for agency 
metric policy and to represent the agency on the ICMP.
    (c) Designate an appropriate official to represent the agency on the 
Metrication Operating Committee (MOC), an interagency committee 
reporting to the ICMP.

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    (d) Maintain liaison with private sector groups (such as the 
American National Metric Council and the U.S Metric Association) that 
are involved in planning for or coordinating National transition to the 
metric system.
    (e) Provide for internal guidelines, training and documentation to 
assure employee awareness and understanding of agency metric policies 
and programs.