[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR960.107]

[Page 619-620]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 960_FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BOARDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 960.107  Authorized activities.

    (a) Each Federal Executive Board shall serve as an instrument of 
outreach for the national headquarters of the Executive Branch to 
Executive Branch activities in the metropolitan area. Each Federal 
Executive Board shall consider common management and program problems 
and develop cooperative arrangements that will promote the general 
objectives of the Government and of the several Executive agencies in 
the metropolitan area. Efforts of members, alternates, and staff in 
those areas shall be made with the guidance and approval of the 
Director; within the range of the delegated authority and discretion 
they hold; within the resources available; and consistent with the 
missions of the Executive agencies involved.
    (b) Each Federal Executive Board shall: (1) Provide a forum for the 
exchange of information between Washington and the field and among field 
elements in the metropolitan area about programs and management methods 
and problems; (2) develop local coordinated approaches to the 
development and operation of programs that have common characteristics; 
(3) communicate management initiatives and other concerns from 
Washington to the field to achieve better mutual understanding and 
support; and (4) refer problems that cannot be solved locally to the 
national level.
    (c) Subject to the guidance of the Director, the Federal Executive 
Boards shall be responsible for:
    (1) Presidential initiatives on management reforms; personnel 
initiatives of the Office of Personnel Management; programs led by the 
Office of Management and Budget, such as Reform '88 and the President's 
Council on Integrity and Efficiency; and facilities planning led by the 
General Services Administration;
    (2) The local Combined Federal Campaign, under the direction of the 
Director;
    (3) The sharing of technical knowledge and resources in finance, 
internal auditing, personnel management, automated data processing 
applications, interagency use of computer installations, and similar 
commonly beneficial activities;
    (4) The pooling of resources to provide, as efficiently as possible, 
and at the least possible cost to the taxpayers, common services such as 
employee first-aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (``CPR''), CPR 
training, preventative health programs, assistance to the aging, blood 
donor programs, and savings bond drives;
    (5) Encouragement of employee initiative and better performance 
through special recognition and other incentive programs, and provision 
of assistance in the implementation and upgrading of performance 
management systems;
    (6) Emergency operations, such as under hazardous weather 
conditions; responding to blood donation needs; and communicating 
related leave policies;
    (7) Recognition of the service of American Veterans and 
dissemination of information relating to programs and benefits available 
for veterans in the Federal service; and
    (8) Such other programs, projects, and operations as may be set 
forth in the annual work plan approved by the Director.
    (d) The Office of Personnel Management shall advise Federal 
Executive Boards on activities in the areas of performance appraisal and 
incentives, interagency training programs, the educational development 
of Government employees, improvement of

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labor-management relations, equal employment opportunity, the Federal 
Women's Program, the Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program, the 
Hispanic Employment Program, the Veterans Employment Program, and 
selective placement programs for handicapped individuals.
    (e) The Director may, from time to time, direct one or more of the 
Federal Executive Boards to address such specific programs or undertake 
such cooperative activities as he may deem necessary or proper.