12396 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 7, 1995 / Rules and Regulations

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206–AG44

Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment

of Cook, IL, Nonappropriated Fund

Wage Area

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel

Management is issuing a final rule to

abolish the Cook, IL, nonappropriated

fund (NAF) Federal Wage System wage

area and add Cook County, IL, as an area

of application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage

area for pay-setting purposes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul Shields, (202) 606–2848.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 23, 1994, the Office of

Personnel Management (OPM)

published an interim rule to abolish the

Cook, IL, nonappropriated fund (NAF)

Federal Wage System wage area and add

Cook County, IL, as an area of

application to the Lake, IL, NAF wage

area for pay-setting purposes. The

interim rule provided a 30-day period

for public comment. OPM received no

comments during the comment period.

Therefore, the interim rule is being

adopted as a final rule.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

I certify that these regulations will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities

because they affect only Federal

agencies and employees.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532

Administrative practice and

procedure, Freedom of information,

Government employees, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Wages.

Accordingly, under the authority of 5

U.S.C. 5343, the interim rule amending

5 CFR part 532 published on November

23, 1994 (59 FR 60293), is adopted as

final without any changes.

Office of Personnel Management.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

5 CFR Part 1300 and Chapter LXXVII

RIN 3209–AA15

Supplemental Standards of Ethical

Conduct for Employees of the Office of

Management and Budget

AGENCY: Office of Management and

Budget (OMB).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Office of Management

and Budget, with the concurrence of the

Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is

issuing regulations for employees of the

OMB that supplement the Standards of

Ethical Conduct for Employees of the

Executive Branch issued by OGE with a

requirement for prior approval of

outside employment. The Office of

Management and Budget also is

repealing its old standards of conduct

regulations and is inserting in their

place a cross-reference to the new

provisions and to applicable executive

branch-wide standards of ethical

conduct, as well as to applicable

financial disclosure regulations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These regulations are

effective on March 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Darrell A. Johnson, OMB Designated

Agency Ethics Official (DAEO), (202)

395–5715, or McGavock D. Reed, OMB

Alternate DAEO, (202) 395–3563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On August 7, 1992, OGE published

new Standards of Ethical Conduct for

Employees of the Executive Branch

(Standards). See 57 FR 35006–35067, as

corrected at 57 FR 48557 and 57 FR

52583, with additional grace period

extensions at 59 FR 4779–4780 and 60

FR 6390–6391. The Standards, codified

at 5 CFR part 2635 and effective

February 3, 1993, established uniform

standards of ethical conduct that apply

to all executive branch personnel.

With the concurrence of OGE, 5 CFR

2635.105 authorizes executive branch

agencies to publish agency-specific

supplemental regulations necessary to

implement their respective ethics

programs. With OGE’s concurrence,

OMB has determined that the following

supplemental regulations, being

codified in new 5 CFR chapter LXXVII,

consisting of part 8701, are necessary to

the success of its ethics program. The

Office of Management and Budget is

simultaneously repealing its superseded

Standards of Conduct at 5 CFR part

1300 and is replacing those provisions

with a single section that provides

cross-references to 5 CFR parts 2634 and

2635, and to OMB’s new supplemental

regulations.

II. Analysis of the Regulations

Section 8701.101 General

Section 8701.101 explains that the

regulations contained in the final rule

will apply to all OMB employees and

are supplemental to the executive

branch-wide standards. Employees of

OMB also are subject to the Standards

of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the

Executive Branch at 5 CFR part 2635

and the executive branch financial

disclosure regulations at 5 CFR part

2634.

Section 8701.102 Prior Approval for

Outside Employment

Under 5 CFR 2635.803, agencies may,

by supplemental regulation, require

employees to obtain prior approval

before engaging in outside employment.

Under 5 CFR 1300.735–15(b) which is

now being revoked, OMB employees

have long been required to obtain

advance approval for outside

employment, and OMB has determined

that it is necessary to the administration

of its ethics program to continue to

require that employees obtain prior

approval before engaging in outside

employment. New paragraph 8701.102,

therefore, continues the basic

requirement for prior approval of

outside employment. By adding a

definition of ‘‘employment,’’ however, it

clarifies the circumstances under which

prior approval must be obtained and, by

specifying the information to be

provided as part of the employee’s

request, it provides additional guidance

for employees who are required to

submit requests for approval.

Whereas 5 CFR 1300.735–15(b) had

specified that approval was to be

obtained from the Assistant to the

Director for Administration, section

8701.102 contains a multiple approval

requirement. In addition to the approval

of his or her division of office head, the

employee must obtain the approval of

the OMB General Counsel, as well as

that of the designated agency ethics

official.

The standard to be used in approving

or denying requests for approval of

outside employment is set forth at

section 8701.102(b), in part, to highlight