GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Washington, DC 20405

January 18, 2006

GSA BULLETIN FMR B-12

MOTOR VEHICLE MANAGEMENT

TO: Heads of Federal agencies

SUBJECT: Agencies with unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S.
Government License Plates and motor vehicle identification

1\. [What is the purpose of this bulletin]{.underline}? This bulletin
provides the list of agencies for which GSA has granted unlimited
exemptions from the display of U.S. Government license plates and motor
vehicle identification. This bulletin is updated when additional
unlimited exemptions are approved or existing exemptions are rescinded
or modified.

2\. [What is the effective date of this bulletin?]{.underline} This
bulletin is effective May 25, 2006.

3\. [When does this bulletin expire?]{.underline} This bulletin will
remain in effect until specifically superseded or cancelled.

4\. [What is the background?]{.underline} Formerly, the list of Federal
agencies granted unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government
license plates and motor vehicle identification because the vehicles are
regularly used for the following type of activities: intelligence
gathering; investigative and law enforcement activities; providing
security; or in work where identifying the vehicles would be prejudicial
to patients, was published in section 102-34.195 of the Federal
Management Regulation. However, for ease of updating, the list is
changed to bulletin format.

5\. [What should I do as a result of this bulletin?]{.underline}
Agencies that need an unlimited exemption but are not on the approved
list in the attachment to this bulletin should contact the General
Services Administration using the information provided in paragraph 6 of
this bulletin. An agency may be required to provide a written
certification of need for an unlimited exemption. However, agencies
should first analyze their needs to determine if a limited exemption is
sufficient before seeking an unlimited exemption. The procedures for
obtaining a limited exemption are in section 102-34.180 (May we have a
limited exemption from displaying U.S. Government license plates and
other motor vehicle identification?) in the Federal Management
Regulation.

No additional actions are required by a Federal agency unless there is
an error in the license plate code or the agency name. If you find
errors in the list of license plate codes, please contact the General
Services Administration using the contact information provided in
paragraph 6 of this bulletin. However, agencies that need to obtain U.S.
Government license plates should follow the procedures in section
102-34.140 (Where may we obtain U.S. Government license plates?) in the
Federal Management Regulation.

6\. [Who should we contact for further information or to request that
the agency or activities of the agency be granted an unlimited exemption
from displaying U.S. Government License Plates and motor vehicle
identification?]{.underline}

General Services Administration

Office of Governmentwide Policy

Office of Travel, Transportation, and Asset Management (MT)

Washington, DC 20405

Telephone Number: 202-501-1777

E-mail Address: <vehicle.policy@gsa.gov>

John G. Sindelar

Acting Associate Administrator

Office of Governmentwide Policy

ATTACHMENT TO BULLETIN FMR B-12

The following Federal agencies, or activities within agencies, have been
granted unlimited exemptions from displaying U.S. Government license
plates and motor vehicle identification.

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  **Name of Federal Entity**         **Types of Vehicles covered by the
                                     exemption**

  Administrative Office of the       All motor vehicles used by United
  United States Courts               States probation offices and
                                     pretrial services agencies of the
                                     judicial branch of the U.S.
                                     Government.

  Department of Agriculture          Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative or law enforcement
                                     activities by the Agricultural
                                     Marketing Service, Animal and Plant
                                     Health Inspection Service, Food
                                     Safety and Inspection Service,
                                     Forest Service, Grain Inspection,
                                     Packers and Stockyard
                                     Administration, Packers and
                                     Stockyard Program, Food and
                                     Consumers Service, and Office of the
                                     Inspector General.

                                     

  Department of Commerce             Motor vehicles used for surveillance
                                     and other law enforcement activities
                                     by the Office of Export Enforcement,
                                     International Trade Administration,
                                     the National Marine Fisheries
                                     Service, and the National Oceanic
                                     and Atmospheric Administration.

                                     

  Department of Defense              Motor vehicles used for
                                     intelligence, investigative, or
                                     security activities by the U.S. Army
                                     Intelligence Agency and the Criminal
                                     Investigation Command of the
                                     Department of the Army; Office of
                                     Naval Intelligence of the Department
                                     of the Navy; Office of Special
                                     Investigations of the Department of
                                     the Air Force; the Defense Criminal
                                     Investigation Service, Office of the
                                     Inspector General; and the Defense
                                     Logistics Agency.

                                     

  Department of Education            Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative and law enforcement
                                     activities by the Office of the
                                     Inspector General.

  Department of Energy               Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative or security
                                     activities.

  Environmental Protection Agency    Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative and law enforcement
                                     activities by the Office of the
                                     Inspector General and the Office of
                                     Enforcement and Compliance
                                     Assurance.

                                     

  Federal Communications Commission  Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative activities by the
                                     Field Operations Bureau.

                                     

  General Services Administration    Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative, surveillance, and
                                     security activities by special
                                     agents of the Office of the
                                     Inspector General.

                                     

  Department of Health and Human     Motor vehicles used for undercover
  Services                           law enforcement and similar
                                     investigative work by the Food and
                                     Drug Administration; motor vehicles
                                     used to transport mentally disturbed
                                     children by the National Institutes
                                     of Health; and motor vehicles used
                                     for law enforcement and
                                     investigative purposes by the Office
                                     of Investigations and the Office of
                                     the Inspector General.

  Department of Homeland Security    Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative or security
                                     activities.

  U.S. Department of Housing and     Motor vehicles used for law
  Urban Development                  enforcement or investigative
                                     purposes by the Office of the
                                     Inspector General.

                                     

  Department of Interior             Motor vehicles used to enforce game
                                     laws by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
                                     Service; motor vehicles assigned to
                                     special agents of the Bureau of Land
                                     Management who investigate crimes
                                     against public lands; motor vehicles
                                     assigned to special officers of the
                                     Bureau of Indian Affairs; motor
                                     vehicles used for investigating
                                     crimes against public lands by the
                                     National Park Service and assigned
                                     to the U.S. Park Police; and motor
                                     vehicles assigned to the special
                                     agents of the Office of the
                                     Inspector General who investigate
                                     possible crimes of fraud and abuse
                                     by departmental employees,
                                     contractors, and grantees.

                                     

  Department of Justice              All motor vehicles used for
                                     undercover law enforcement
                                     activities or investigative work by
                                     the Department.

                                     

  Department of Labor                All motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative, law enforcement and
                                     compliance activities by the
                                     Employment and Training
                                     Administration, Occupational Safety
                                     and Health Administration,
                                     Employment Standards Administration,
                                     and the Mine Safety and Health
                                     Administration.

                                     

  National Aeronautics and Space     Motor vehicles used for
  Administration                     investigative or law enforcement
                                     activities.

  National Labor Relations Board     Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative activities by field
                                     offices.

  National Security Council          Motor vehicles used by the Central
                                     Intelligence Agency.

  Nuclear Regulatory Commission      Motor vehicles used for the conduct
                                     of security operations or in the
                                     enforcement of security regulations.

                                     

  Office of Personnel Management     Motor vehicles used for the
                                     investigative program of the Office
                                     of Personnel Investigations and
                                     regional investigation activities.

  United States Postal Service       Motor vehicles that the Postal
                                     Inspection Service uses for
                                     investigative and law enforcement
                                     activities.

                                     

  Department of State                Motor vehicles used for protecting
                                     domestic and foreign dignitaries and
                                     investigating passport and visa
                                     fraud

                                     

  Department of Transportation       Motor vehicles used for
                                     intelligence, investigative, or
                                     security activities by the Office of
                                     the Inspector General, the OST
                                     Office of Security, the
                                     Investigations and Security Division
                                     and field counterparts in the U.S.
                                     Coast Guard, the Office of Civil
                                     Aviation Security and field
                                     counterparts in the Federal Aviation
                                     Administration, and the Idaho
                                     Division Office of Motor Carriers in
                                     the Federal Highway Administration.

  Department of the Treasury         Motor vehicles used by the U.S.
                                     Secret Service; the Criminal
                                     Investigation Division and the
                                     Internal Security Division of the
                                     Internal Revenue Service; motor
                                     vehicles used for investigative
                                     activities by the Collection
                                     Division of the Internal Revenue
                                     Service; motor vehicles used by the
                                     Office of Enforcement and the Office
                                     of Inspection at the Bureau of
                                     Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and
                                     motor vehicles used by the Office of
                                     Enforcement, Office of Compliance
                                     Operations

                                     

  Department of Veterans Affairs     Motor vehicles used for
                                     investigative activities by the
                                     Office of the Inspector General and
                                     regional Field Examiners and
                                     Property Management Inspectors.
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