[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR950.104]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 950_SOLICITATION OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN AND UNIFORMED SERVICE PERSONNEL FOR 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  950.104  Local Federal Coordinating Committee responsibilities.

    (a) All members of the LFCC should develop an understanding of 
campaign regulations and procedures. The LFCC is the central point of 
information regarding the CFC among Federal employees.

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    (b) The responsibilities of the LFCC include, but are not limited 
to, the following:
    (1) Maintaining minutes of LFCC meetings and responding promptly to 
any request for information from the Director.
    (2) Naming a campaign chairperson and notifying the Director when 
the chairperson changes.
    (3) Determining the eligibility of local organizations that apply to 
participate in the local campaign. This is the exclusive responsibility 
of the LFCC and may not be delegated to the PCFO.
    (4) Ensuring that the list of charities determined by the Director 
to be nationally eligible to participate in all local campaigns is 
reproduced in the Charity List in accordance with OPM instructions.
    (5) Ensuring that the Charity List and pledge form are produced in 
accordance with these regulations and instructions from the Director.
    (6) Encouraging local Federal agencies to appoint loaned executives 
to assist in the campaign. CFC loaned executives' time should be charged 
to regular working hours. It is not appropriate to place a CFC loaned 
executive on administrative leave, leave without pay, or annual leave. 
Federal loaned executives are prohibited from working on non-CFC 
fundraising activities during duty hours.
    (7) Establishing a network of employee keyworkers and volunteers and 
participating in interagency briefing sessions and kick-off meetings.
    (8) Ensuring that, to the extent reasonably possible, every employee 
is given the opportunity to participate in the CFC, and ensuring 
employee designations are honored.
    (9) Ensuring that the PCFO includes in keyworker training 
instructions to encourage employees to designate the charitable 
organizations they wish to receive their donations and specific 
information on how general designation monies are distributed.
    (10) Ensuring that contributions are distributed in accordance with 
the method described in these regulations.
    (11) Ensuring that no employee is coerced in any way to participate 
in the campaign.
    (12) Bringing allegations of coercion to the attention of the 
Director and the employee's agency and providing a mechanism to review 
employee complaints of undue pressure and coercion in Federal 
fundraising. Federal agencies shall provide procedures and assign 
responsibility for the investigation of such complaints. Personnel 
offices shall be responsible for informing employees of the proper 
channels for pursuing such complaints.
    (13) Notifying the Director of any significant problems or 
controversies concerning the campaign that the LFCC cannot resolve by 
applying these regulations. The LFCC must abide by the Director's 
decisions on all matters concerning the campaign.
    (14) Ensuring the PCFO does not use the services of consulting 
firms, advertising firms or similar business organizations to perform 
the policy-making or decisionmaking functions in the CFC. A PCFO may, 
however, contract with entities or individuals such as banks, 
accountants, lawyers, and other vendors of goods and/or services to 
assist in accomplishing its administrative tasks.
    (15) Ensuring that the activities and functions required of the PCFO 
are kept separate from any non-CFC operations of the organization. The 
LFCC must verify that the PCFO keeps and maintains CFC financial records 
and interest bearing bank accounts separate from the PCFO's non-CFC 
financial records and bank accounts.
    (16) Monitoring the work of the PCFO, and inspecting closely the 
annual audit required of the PCFO pursuant to Sec.  950.105(d)(9) for 
compliance with these regulations.
    (17) Authorizing to the PCFO reimbursement of only those campaign 
expenses that are legitimate CFC costs and are adequately documented. 
Total reimbursable expenses may not exceed the approved campaign budget 
by more than 10 percent.
    (18) Determining whether each local federation, federation member, 
and unaffiliated organization that applies to participate in the local 
campaign has completed the sanctions compliance certification required 
pursuant to

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Sec.  950.605. The LFCC must deny participation to any federation or 
organization that has not completed the sanctions compliance 
certification.
    (c) The LFCC must select a PCFO to act as its fiscal agent and 
campaign coordinator on the basis of presentations made to the LFCC as 
described in Sec.  950.105(c). The LFCC may, in its discretion, select a 
PCFO to serve in that role for up to three campaign periods, subject to 
renewal each year following a review of performance as defined in Sec.  
950.105. The LFCC must consider the capacity of the organization to 
manage an efficient and effective campaign, its history of public 
accountability, use of funds, truthfulness and accuracy in 
solicitations, and sound governance and fiscal management practices as 
the primary factors in selecting a PCFO. The LFCC must solicit 
applications on a competitive basis for the PCFO no later than a date to 
be determined by OPM and, if the LFCC exercises discretion to enter into 
a multi-year arrangement, upon completion of the multi-year term. The 
LFCC shall solicit applications via outreach activities including: 
Public notice in newspapers, postings on Web sites, advertising in trade 
journals, dissemination among participating CFC organizations and 
federations, and/or outreach through local or state nonprofit 
associations and training centers, among others. The PCFO application 
period must be open a minimum of 21 calendar days. Costs incurred for 
soliciting applications must be added to the PCFO budget as an 
administrative cost.

[60 FR 57890, Nov. 24, 1995, as amended at 70 FR 67341, Nov. 7, 2005; 71 
FR 67284, Nov. 20, 2006]