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RULES AND REGULATIONS

Part 0

Commission Organization

October 1982

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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0.331 Authority delegated.

0.332 Actions taken under delegated authority.

0.333 Authority delegated jointly to the Chief of the Common Carrier and Private Radio Bureaus.

0.334 Additional Authority delegated to the Chief, Private Radio

Bureau.

0.335 Authority for common carrier matters delegated to Chief, Private Radio Bureau.

0.337 Record of actions taken.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

0.341 Authority of administrative law judge.

0.347 Record of actions taken.

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE

0.351 Authority delegated.

0.357 Record of actions taken.

REVIEW BOARD

0.361 General authority.

0.362 Action on initial decision.

0.363 Certification of matters to the Commission.

0.365 Authority delegated.

0.367 Record of actions taken.

CHIEF, OFFICE OF OPINIONS AND REVIEW

0.371 Authority delegated.

0.377 Record of actions taken.

DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DELEGATIONS

0.381 Defense Commissioner.

0.383 Emergency Relocation Board.

0.387 Other defense and emergency preparedness delegations; cross reference.

Subpart C-General Information

GENERAL

PUBLIC INFORMATION AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS

0.441 General.

0.442 Disclosure to other Federal government agencies of information submitted to the Commission in confidence. 0.443 General information office.

0.445 Publication, availability and use of opinions, orders, policy statements, interpretations, administrative manuals, and staff instructions.

0.451 Inspection of records: Generally.

0.453 Public reference rooms.

0.455 Other locations at which records may be inspected.

0.457 Records not routinely available for public inspection.

0.459 Requests that materials or information submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection.

0.460 Requests for inspection of records which are routinely available for public inspection.

0.461 Requests for inspection of materials not routinely available for public inspection.

0.463 Demand by competent authority for the production of documents or testimony concerning information contained therein.

0.465 Request for copies of materials which are available, or made available, for public inspection.

0.466 Search fee.

0.467 Certified copies.

PLACES FOR MAKING SUBMITTALS or REQUESTS, FOR FILING APPLICATIONS, AND FOR TAKING EXAMINATIONS

0.471 Miscellaneous submittals or requests.

0.473 Reports of violations.

0.475 Applications for employment.

0.481 Place of filing applications for radio authorizations.

0.483 Applications for amateur station and operator license and/

or commercial operator license.

0.485 Amateur and commercial operator examination points. 0.487 Applications for interim ship station licenses.

0.489 Applications for ship radio inspection and periodical

survey.

0.491 Applications for exemption from compulsory ship radio requirements.

0.493 Non-radio common carrier applications.

Subpart D-Public Availability of Classified Material

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Subpart E-Privacy Act Regulations

0.551 Purpose and scope; definitions.

0.552 Notice identifying Commission systems of records. 0.553 New uses of information.

0.554 Procedures for requests pertaining to individual records in a system of records.

0.555

Disclosure of record information to individuals. 0.556 Request to correct or amend records.

0.557 Administrative review of an initial decision not to amend a

record.

0.558

Advice and assistance.

0.559 Disclosure of disputed information to persons other than the individual to whom it pertains.

0.560 Penalty for false representation of identity.

0.561

0.601

Exemptions.

Subpart F-Meeting Procedures

Definitions.

0.602 Open meetings.

0.603 Bases for closing a meeting to the public. 0.605

Procedures for announcing meetings.

0.606 Procedures for closing a meeting to the public.

0.607 Transcript, recording or minutes; availability to the public.

AUTHORITY: Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, unless otherwise noted. Implement; 5 U.S.C. 552.

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(a) One of the members of the Commission is designated by the President to serve as Chairman, or chief executive officer, of the Commission. As Chairman, he has the following duties and responsibilities:

(1) To preside at all meetings and sessions of the Commission.

(2) To represent the Commission in all matters relating to legislation and legislative reports; however, any other Commissioner may present his own or minority views or supplemental reports.

(3) To represent the Commission in all matters requiring conferences or communications with other governmental officers, departments or agencies.

(4) To coordinate and organize the work of the Commission in such a manner as to promote prompt and efficient disposition of all matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

(b) The Commission will, in the case of a vacan

§ 0.5

sion, or in the absence or inability of the Chairman to serve, temporarily designate one of its members to act as Chairman until the cause or circumstance requiring such designation has been eliminated or corrected.

[32 FR 10569, July 19, 1967]

§ 0.4 Standing committees of Commissioners.

There are 2 standing committees of Commissioners, the Telecommunications Committee and the Subscription Television Committee. These committees are delegated authority to act or study and report on certain common carrier and subscription television matters.

[41 FR 33272, Aug. 9, 1976]

§ 0.5 General description of Commission organization and operations.

(a) Principal staff units. The Commission is assisted in the performance of its responsibilities by its staff, which is divided into the following principal units:

(1) Office of Executive Director.

(2) Office of Science and Technology.

(3) Office of General Counsel. (4) Office of Plans and Policy. (5) Broadcast Bureau.

(6) Common Carrier Bureau.

(7) Private Radio Bureau.

(8) Field Operations Bureau. 1
(9) Cable Television Bureau.
(10) Office of Administrative Law Judges.
(11) Review Board.

(12) Office of Opinions and Review.
(13) Network inquiry special staff.
(14) Office of Public Affairs.

(b) Staff responsibilities and functions. The organization and functions of these major staff units are described in detail in §§ 0.11-0.176. The defense and emergency preparedness functions of the Commission are set forth separately, beginning at § 0.181. For a complete description of staff functions, reference should be made to these provisions. (See also the U.S. Government Organization Manual, which contains a chart showing the Commission's organization, the names of the members and principal staff officers of the Commission, and other information concerning the Commission.) So that the public may more readily inform itself concerning the operations of the Commission as a whole, concerning the staff officials who exercise responsibility over matters in which they are interested and concerning the relationship between the several staff units in such matters, however, a brief overall description of staff functions and responsibilities is set forth in this paragraph.

(1) The Executive Director. The Executive Director is directly responsible to the Commission,

Field Engineering Bureau renamed Field Operations Bureau 38

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