Part-Time Career Employment Program

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 1

RIN 2900-AH75

Part-Time Career Employment Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

3402 is required to maintain a program for part-time career employment

within VA. VA has established regulations concerning this mandate (38

CFR 1.891 through 1.897). These regulations currently require field

stations to provide a manual report to VA Central Office semiannually

containing information concerning the number of part-time permanent

positions established during the reporting period and the number of

conversions from full-time to part-time. The purpose of the report is

to monitor progress in attaining part-time career employment goals.

This requirement for field stations to provide a semiannual report is

deleted since the same information is available through the automated

personnel system. The part-time career employment program will be

reviewed through regular employment reports to determine levels of

part-time employment. This program will also be designated an item of

special interest to be reviewed during personnel management reviews.

The authority citation is also changed to state the correct citation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Kollar, Title 5 Staffing

Division (054C), Employment and Training Service, Office of Human

Resources Management, Office of Human Resources and Administration,

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20420, (202) 273-9748.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Administrative Procedure Act

This final rule consists of nonsubstantive changes and, therefore,

is not subject to the notice and comment, and effective date provisions

of 5 U.S.C. 553.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Secretary certifies that this final rule will not have a

significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities

as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-

612. This rule sets forth nonsubstantive changes. Therefore, pursuant

to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), this amendment is exempt from the initial and final

regulatory flexibility analysis requirements of sections 603 and 604.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 1

Administrative practice and procedure, Archives and records,

Cemeteries, Claims, Courts, Flags, Freedom of information, Government

contracts, Government employees, Government property, Infants and

children, Inventions and patents, Investigations, Parking, Penalties,

Postal Service, Privacy, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,

Seals and insignia, Security measures, Wages.

Approved: July 17, 1996.

Jesse Brown,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 38 CFR part 1 is amended

as set forth below:

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PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.

2. In Sec. 1.891, the authority citation is revised to read as

follows:

Sec. 1.891 Purpose of program.

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(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3401 note)

3. In Secs. 1.892 through 1.894, the authority citations are

revised to read as follows:

Sec. 1.892 Review of positions.

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(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3402)

Sec. 1.893 Establishing and converting part-time positions.

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(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3402)

Sec. 1.894 Annual goals and time tables.

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(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3402)

4. Section 1.895 is revised to read as follows:

Sec. 1.895 Review and evaluation.

The part-time career employment program will be reviewed through

regular employment reports to determine levels of part-time employment.

This program will also be designated an item of special interest to be

reviewed during personnel management reviews.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3402)

5. In Secs. 1.896 and 1.897, the authority citations are revised to

read as follow:

Sec. 1.896 Publicizing vacancies.

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(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3402)

Sec. 1.897 Exceptions.

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(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3402)

[FR Doc. 96-18871 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]

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