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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No.: 161229999–6999–01]
Commerce Alternative Personnel
System
Office of Administration, Office
of Human Resources Management,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
expansion of employee coverage under
the Commerce Alternative Personnel
System, formerly the Department of
Commerce Personnel Management
Demonstration Project, published in the
Federal Register on December 24, 1997.
This coverage is extended to include
employees located in the Enterprise
Services Organization (ESO), a new
organization, in the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Office of the Deputy
Secretary.
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SUMMARY:
This notice expanding and
modifying the Commerce Alternative
Personnel System is effective January 6,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of Commerce—Sandra
DATES:
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Thompson, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 51020, Washington,
DC 20230, (202) 482–0056 or Valerie
Smith at (202) 482–0272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
The Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) approved the Department of
Commerce (DoC) demonstration project
for an alternative personnel
management system, and published the
final plan in the Federal Register on
Wednesday, December 24, 1997 (62 FR
67434). The demonstration project was
designed to simplify current
classification systems for greater
flexibility in classifying work and
paying employees; establish a
performance management and rewards
system for improving individual and
organizational performance; and
improve recruiting and examining to
attract highly-qualified candidates. The
purpose of the project was to strengthen
the contribution of human resources
management and test whether the same
innovations conducted under the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology alternative personnel
management system would produce
similarly successful results in other DoC
environments. The project was
implemented on March 29, 1998. The
project plan has been modified eleven
times to clarify certain DoC
Demonstration Project authorities, and
to extend and expand the project: 64 FR
52810 (September 30, 1999); 68 FR
47948 (August 12, 2003); 68 FR 54505
(September 17, 2003); 70 FR 38732 (July
5, 2005); 71 FR 25615 (May 1, 2006); 71
FR 50950 (August 28, 2006); 74 FR
22728 (May 14, 2009); 80 FR 25 (January
2, 2015); 81 FR 20322 (April 7, 2016);
81 FR 40653 (June 22, 2016); 81 FR
54747 (August 17, 2016). With the
passage of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law
110–161, on December 26, 2007, the
project was made permanent (extended
indefinitely) and renamed the
Commerce Alternative Personnel
System (CAPS).
CAPS provides for modifications to be
made as experience is gained, results are
analyzed, and conclusions are reached
on how the system is working. This
notice announces that the DoC expands
CAPS to include non-bargaining unit
employees in the Enterprise Services
Organization (ESO) in all duty locations,
as a participating organization. The ESO
will hire new employees and convert
reassigned employees to career paths
and occupational series already
established under CAPS, requiring no
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additional series to be added to
accommodate the expansion.
The DoC will follow the CAPS plan as
published in the Federal Register on
December 24, 1997, and subsequent
modifications as listed in the
Background Section of this notice.
Kevin E. Mahoney,
Director for Human Resources Management
and Chief Human Capital Officer.
Table of Contents
I. Executive Summary
II. Basis for CAPS Expansion
III. Changes to the Project Plan
I. Executive Summary
CAPS is designed to (1) improve
hiring and allow DoC to compete more
effectively for high-quality candidates
through direct hiring, selective use of
higher entry salaries, and selective use
of recruitment incentives; (2) motivate
and retain staff through higher pay
potential, pay-for-performance, more
responsive personnel systems, and
selective use of retention incentives; (3)
strengthen the manager’s role in
personnel management through
delegation of personnel authorities; and
(4) increase the efficiency of personnel
systems through the installation of a
simpler and more flexible classification
system based on pay banding through
reduction of guidelines, steps, and
paperwork in classification, hiring, and
other personnel systems, and through
automation.
The current participating
organizations include 7 offices of the
Chief Financial Officer/Assistant
Secretary for Administration in the
Office of the Secretary; the Bureau of
Economic Analysis; 2 units of the
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA): the
Institute for Telecommunication
Sciences and the First Responder
Network Authority (an independent
authority within NTIA); and 12 units of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration: Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Marine
Fisheries Service, the National
Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service, National Weather
Service—Space Environment Center,
National Ocean Service, Program
Planning and Integration Office, Office
of the Under Secretary, Marine and
Aviation Operations, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Office of the
Chief Financial Officer, the Workforce
Management Office, and the Office of
the Chief Information Officer.
This amendment modifies the
December 24, 1997, Federal Register
notice. Specifically, it expands DoC
CAPS to include the ESO.
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II. Basis for CAPS Expansion
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
A. Purpose
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CAPS is designed to provide
managers at the lowest organizational
level the authority, control, and
flexibility to recruit, retain, develop,
recognize, and motivate its workforce,
while ensuring adequate accountability
and oversight.
The ESO is a new organization
designed to deliver common business
support and mission-enabling services
in the functional areas of human
resources, acquisition, information
technology financial management, and
other areas as determined necessary.
The mission of the ESO is to: Enhance
customer experience through the
efficient delivery of high-quality
mission-enabling services; increase
service transparency and accountability;
and enable employees, currently
performing these functions, to dedicate
more time to the unique mission needs
of their organization. The expansion of
CAPS coverage to include the ESO,
should improve the organization’s
ability to recruit and retain a highquality workforce to meet the
organization’s mission.
DoC’s CAPS allows for modifications
of procedures if no new waiver from law
or regulation is added. Given that this
expansion and modification is in
accordance with existing law and
regulation and CAPS is a permanent
alternative personnel system, the DoC is
authorized to make the changes
described in this notice.
B. Participating Employees
Employee notification of this
expansion will be accomplished by
providing employees and managers
electronic access to all CAPS policies
and procedures, including the eleven
previous Federal Register Notices. A
copy of this Federal Register notice will
also be accessible electronically upon
approval. Supervisor training and
informational briefings for employees
will be conducted as the ESO undergoes
full transition over a period of a few
years.
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III. Changes to the Project Plan
The CAPS at DoC, published in the
Federal Register on December 24, 1997
(62 FR 67434), is amended as follows:
1. The following organization will be
added to the project plan, Section II D—
Participating Organizations
Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of
the Deputy Secretary, Enterprise
Services Organization (ESO)
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 76—
Danbury, Connecticut Notification of
Proposed Production Activity;
MannKind Corporation, (Fumaryl
Diketopiperazone (FDKP) Carrier/
Receptor Powder), Danbury,
Connecticut
MannKind Corporation (MannKind)
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board for
its facility in Danbury, Connecticut
within Subzone 76B. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR
400.22) was received on December 21,
2016.
MannKind currently has authority to
use the facility for the production of
Technosphere Insulin®, an inhalable
insulin made by a combination of
imported fumaryl diketopiperazone
(FDKP) and domestic material active
ingredients. MannKind’s current request
would add a finished product to the
scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited
to the specific foreign-status materials
and components and specific finished
products described in the submitted
notification (as described below) and
subsequently authorized by the FTZ
Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt MannKind from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status
components used in export production.
On its domestic sales, MannKind would
be able to choose the duty rate during
customs entry procedures that applies to
FDKP carrier/receptor powder (duty rate
6.5%) for the foreign-status components
and materials in the existing scope of
authority. Customs duties also could
possibly be deferred or reduced on
foreign-status production equipment.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is
February 15, 2017.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
Web site, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz.
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For further information, contact
Juanita H. Chen at Juanita.Chen@
trade.gov or (202) 482–1378.
Dated: December 28, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
In the Matter of: Dane Francisco
Delgado, Inmate Number: 60114–379,
Eden, Correctional Institution, P.O.
Box 605, Eden, TX 76837; Order
Denying Export Privileges
On November 4, 2014, in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District
of Texas, Dane Francisco Delgado
(‘‘Delgado’’), was convicted of violating
Section 38 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778 (2012)) (‘‘AECA’’).
Specifically, Delgado knowingly and
willfully conspired with persons known
and unknown to export, furnish, and
cause to be exported from the United
States to Mexico defense articles
designated on the United States
Munitions List without having first
obtained from the Department of State a
license or written authorization for such
export. Delgado was sentenced to 60
months in prison, three years of
supervised release, and a $100
assessment.
Section 766.25 of the Export
Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or
‘‘Regulations’’) 1 provides, in pertinent
part, that ‘‘[t]he Director of the Office of
Exporter Services, in consultation with
the Director of the Office of Export
Enforcement, may deny the export
privileges of any person who has been
convicted of a violation of the Export
Administration Act (‘‘EAA’’), the EAR,
or any order, license or authorization
issued thereunder; any regulation,
license, or order issued under the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706); 18
U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of
the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2016). The Regulations issued pursuant to the
Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 4601–4623
(Supp. III 2015) (available at https://
uscode.house.gov)). Since August 21, 2001, the Act
has been in lapse and the President, through
Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR,
2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been extended
by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent
being that of August 4, 2016 (81 FR 52587 (Aug. 8,
2016)), has continued the Regulations in effect
under the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (2006 & Supp.
IV 2010)).
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[Notices]
[Pages 1688-1689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00057]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No.: 161229999-6999-01]
Commerce Alternative Personnel System
AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office of Human Resources Management,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the expansion of employee coverage under
the Commerce Alternative Personnel System, formerly the Department of
Commerce Personnel Management Demonstration Project, published in the
Federal Register on December 24, 1997. This coverage is extended to
include employees located in the Enterprise Services Organization
(ESO), a new organization, in the Office of the Secretary (OS), Office
of the Deputy Secretary.
DATES: This notice expanding and modifying the Commerce Alternative
Personnel System is effective January 6, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of Commerce--Sandra
Thompson, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue
NW., Room 51020, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-0056 or Valerie Smith
at (202) 482-0272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved the Department of
Commerce (DoC) demonstration project for an alternative personnel
management system, and published the final plan in the Federal Register
on Wednesday, December 24, 1997 (62 FR 67434). The demonstration
project was designed to simplify current classification systems for
greater flexibility in classifying work and paying employees; establish
a performance management and rewards system for improving individual
and organizational performance; and improve recruiting and examining to
attract highly-qualified candidates. The purpose of the project was to
strengthen the contribution of human resources management and test
whether the same innovations conducted under the National Institute of
Standards and Technology alternative personnel management system would
produce similarly successful results in other DoC environments. The
project was implemented on March 29, 1998. The project plan has been
modified eleven times to clarify certain DoC Demonstration Project
authorities, and to extend and expand the project: 64 FR 52810
(September 30, 1999); 68 FR 47948 (August 12, 2003); 68 FR 54505
(September 17, 2003); 70 FR 38732 (July 5, 2005); 71 FR 25615 (May 1,
2006); 71 FR 50950 (August 28, 2006); 74 FR 22728 (May 14, 2009); 80 FR
25 (January 2, 2015); 81 FR 20322 (April 7, 2016); 81 FR 40653 (June
22, 2016); 81 FR 54747 (August 17, 2016). With the passage of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 110-161, on December
26, 2007, the project was made permanent (extended indefinitely) and
renamed the Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS).
CAPS provides for modifications to be made as experience is gained,
results are analyzed, and conclusions are reached on how the system is
working. This notice announces that the DoC expands CAPS to include
non-bargaining unit employees in the Enterprise Services Organization
(ESO) in all duty locations, as a participating organization. The ESO
will hire new employees and convert reassigned employees to career
paths and occupational series already established under CAPS, requiring
no additional series to be added to accommodate the expansion.
The DoC will follow the CAPS plan as published in the Federal
Register on December 24, 1997, and subsequent modifications as listed
in the Background Section of this notice.
Kevin E. Mahoney,
Director for Human Resources Management and Chief Human Capital
Officer.
Table of Contents
I. Executive Summary
II. Basis for CAPS Expansion
III. Changes to the Project Plan
I. Executive Summary
CAPS is designed to (1) improve hiring and allow DoC to compete
more effectively for high-quality candidates through direct hiring,
selective use of higher entry salaries, and selective use of
recruitment incentives; (2) motivate and retain staff through higher
pay potential, pay-for-performance, more responsive personnel systems,
and selective use of retention incentives; (3) strengthen the manager's
role in personnel management through delegation of personnel
authorities; and (4) increase the efficiency of personnel systems
through the installation of a simpler and more flexible classification
system based on pay banding through reduction of guidelines, steps, and
paperwork in classification, hiring, and other personnel systems, and
through automation.
The current participating organizations include 7 offices of the
Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for Administration in the
Office of the Secretary; the Bureau of Economic Analysis; 2 units of
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA):
the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and the First Responder
Network Authority (an independent authority within NTIA); and 12 units
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Office of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Marine Fisheries Service,
the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service,
National Weather Service--Space Environment Center, National Ocean
Service, Program Planning and Integration Office, Office of the Under
Secretary, Marine and Aviation Operations, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the
Workforce Management Office, and the Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
This amendment modifies the December 24, 1997, Federal Register
notice. Specifically, it expands DoC CAPS to include the ESO.
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II. Basis for CAPS Expansion
A. Purpose
CAPS is designed to provide managers at the lowest organizational
level the authority, control, and flexibility to recruit, retain,
develop, recognize, and motivate its workforce, while ensuring adequate
accountability and oversight.
The ESO is a new organization designed to deliver common business
support and mission-enabling services in the functional areas of human
resources, acquisition, information technology financial management,
and other areas as determined necessary. The mission of the ESO is to:
Enhance customer experience through the efficient delivery of high-
quality mission-enabling services; increase service transparency and
accountability; and enable employees, currently performing these
functions, to dedicate more time to the unique mission needs of their
organization. The expansion of CAPS coverage to include the ESO, should
improve the organization's ability to recruit and retain a high-quality
workforce to meet the organization's mission.
DoC's CAPS allows for modifications of procedures if no new waiver
from law or regulation is added. Given that this expansion and
modification is in accordance with existing law and regulation and CAPS
is a permanent alternative personnel system, the DoC is authorized to
make the changes described in this notice.
B. Participating Employees
Employee notification of this expansion will be accomplished by
providing employees and managers electronic access to all CAPS policies
and procedures, including the eleven previous Federal Register Notices.
A copy of this Federal Register notice will also be accessible
electronically upon approval. Supervisor training and informational
briefings for employees will be conducted as the ESO undergoes full
transition over a period of a few years.
III. Changes to the Project Plan
The CAPS at DoC, published in the Federal Register on December 24,
1997 (62 FR 67434), is amended as follows:
1. The following organization will be added to the project plan,
Section II D--Participating Organizations
Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of the Deputy Secretary,
Enterprise Services Organization (ESO)
[FR Doc. 2017-00057 Filed 1-5-17; 8:45 am]
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