Federal Register - "Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel for Contributions to Private Voluntary Organizations"

Title: Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel for Contributions to Private Voluntary Organizations Source: Federal Register Data/Action: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Final Rule) Date: 4/17/2014 Text Preview: ...circumstances, such as among newly hired federal employees and in times of disaster relief. Additionally, the Commission determined that there exist in current... ...Disaster Relief Program. Under current regulations, the OPM Director is authorized to allow special solicitations to respond to disasters. There is no standing mechanism in place, but rather each disaster requires a new authorization from the Director for a special solicitation period. OPM proposed to create a permanent structure to streamline and facilitate solicitations tied to disaster relief. Accordingly, OPM proposed to amend its regulations at Sec. 950.102 to provide for the creation of a Disaster Relief Program that would be available to donors within hours after a disaster... ...disaster relief program with 51 comments (70.8%) being in support. The remaining 21 comments were either neutral or were opposed, like with immediate eligibility, citing skepticism that--under the CFC's current infrastructure--a disaster relief program could be made to work effectively. Again, OPM points out that added improvements in the proposed regulations and enacted through this final rule would facilitate a successful disaster...