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(iii) The probable risks and benefits
associated with the use of the device;
(iv) Post-procedure care instructions;
and
(v) Alternative treatments.
Dated: February 28, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018–04616 Filed 3–6–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 801
[TD 9831]
RIN 1545–BL88
Balanced System for Measuring
Organizational and Employee
Performance Within the Internal
Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations and removal of
temporary regulations.
AGENCY:
This document contains final
regulations regarding management and
personnel within the IRS. The final
regulations relate to the ‘‘employee
satisfaction measures’’ utilized by the
IRS in its Balanced System for
Measuring Organizational and
Employee Performance. These
regulations affect internal operations of
the IRS and the systems employed to
evaluate the performance of
organizations within the IRS and
individuals employed by the IRS.
DATES:
Effective Date: These regulations are
effective on March 7, 2018.
Applicability Date: These regulations
are applicable for the reporting of
employee satisfaction information
within the meaning of 26 CFR 801.5 that
occurs on or after March 7, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Barry, at (202) 317–5759 (not a toll free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
On November 13, 2014, the IRS
published in the Federal Register (79
FR 67351) a temporary regulation (TD
9703) modifying the regulations
governing the IRS Balanced System for
Measuring Organizational and
Employee Performance. A notice of
proposed rulemaking (REG–138605–13)
cross-referencing the temporary
regulation was published in the Federal
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Register (79 FR 67396) on the same day.
The text of the temporary regulation
served as the text of the proposed
regulation.
Summary of Comments and
Explanation of Revisions
The IRS provided an opportunity for
comment and an opportunity for a
public hearing. No public hearing was
requested, and the IRS received one
written comment. The written comment
did not substantively address the
proposed change, but instead expressed
appreciation for the IRS’s efforts to
obtain public feedback to support an
open, measurable, and user-friendly
government.
The regulation being modified
concerns ‘‘employee satisfaction
measures’’ and requires the collection of
information from employees through
various means, including employee
surveys. Once collected, the information
is used to measure and report on
employee satisfaction, one of three
elements comprising the IRS balanced
performance measurement system. To
be consistent with other governmentwide employee satisfaction surveys, the
proposed regulation provides that
employee satisfaction measures can be
reported at a higher agency level.
Specifically, the proposed regulation
relates to the employee satisfaction
measure, § 801.5, of the IRS Balanced
System for Measuring Organizational
and Employee Performance (26 CFR part
801). As originally implemented in
1999, the employee satisfaction measure
required the IRS to gauge and report the
satisfaction of employees in pay and
duty status (non-seasonal employees) to
the first-level supervisor organizational
level, as well as to all succeeding
management levels of the organization.
Consequently, the IRS utilized and
modified a pre-existing survey to enable
the reporting of data to first-level
supervisors. Other surveys, such as
OPM’s Federal Employee Viewpoint
Survey (FEVS), however, report
employee satisfaction data to a level of
agency management higher than that of
the first-level supervisor. Consequently,
the IRS conducted both the FEVS survey
and the internal survey that complied
with § 801.5. The administration of both
surveys resulted in an unnecessary
expenditure of funds, an undue burden
on employees, and the duplication of
efforts by the IRS.
The proposed regulation permits the
IRS to report employee satisfaction data
at higher organization levels, thereby
permitting the IRS to use the FEVS and
eliminate the use of its internal survey.
The corresponding temporary regulation
was effective on or after November 13,
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2014, and expired on or before
November 10, 2017. This document
adopts, without modification, the
proposed regulation as final and
removes the corresponding temporary
regulation.
Special Analyses
Certain IRS regulations, including this
one, are exempt from the requirements
of Executive Order 12866, as
supplemented and reaffirmed by
Executive Order 13563. Therefore, a
regulatory impact assessment is not
required. Because the regulation would
not impose a collection of information
on small entities, the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) does
not apply.
Pursuant to Section 7805(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code, the notice of
proposed rulemaking preceding this
final regulation was submitted to the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration for comment
on its impact on small business. No
comments were received from the Small
Business Administration.
Drafting Information
The principal author of these
regulations is Julie A. Barry, Office of
Associate Chief Counsel (General Legal
Services). However, other personnel
from the Treasury Department and the
IRS participated in their development.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 801
Federal employees, Organization and
functions (Government agencies).
Adoption of Amendments to the
Regulations
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 801 is
amended as follows:
PART 801—BALANCED SYSTEM FOR
MEASURING ORGANIZATIONAL AND
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE WITHIN
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Paragraph 1. The authority citation
for part 801 continues to read in part as
follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9501 * * *
Par. 2. Section 801.5 is revised to read
as follows:
■
§ 801.5
Employee satisfaction measures.
(a) The employee satisfaction
numerical ratings to be given to a
Business Operating Division (BOD) or
equivalent office within the IRS will be
determined on the basis of information
gathered through various methods. For
example, questionnaires, surveys, and
other information gathering mechanisms
may be employed to gather data
regarding satisfaction. The information
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gathered will be used to measure,
among other factors bearing upon
employee satisfaction, the quality of
supervision, and the adequacy of
training and support services. All full
and part-time permanent employees of a
BOD or equivalent office who are in pay
and duty status will have an
opportunity to provide information
regarding employee satisfaction under
conditions that guarantee them
confidentiality.
(b) This section applies to the
reporting of employee satisfaction
information that occurs on or after
March 7, 2018.
§ 801.5T
■
[Removed]
Par. 3. Section 801.5 T is removed.
Kirsten Wielobob,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and
Enforcement.
Approved: January 24, 2018.
David J. Kautter,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax
Policy).
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910, 1926, and 1915
[Docket No. OSHA–H005C–2006–0870]
RIN 1218–AB76
Occupational Exposure to Beryllium
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Final rule; OMB information
collection approval.
AGENCY:
This rule is a technical
amendment announcing that OMB has
SUMMARY:
approved the collection of information
contained in OSHA’s standards for
Occupational Exposure to Beryllium
and Beryllium Compounds in General
Industry, and revising OSHA’s
regulations to reflect that approval. The
OMB approval number is 1218–0267.
DATES: Effective March 7, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles McCormick, OSHA, Directorate
of Standards and Guidance, U.S.
Department of Labor; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA
published a final rule on January 9,
2017, amending its existing standards
for the Occupational Exposure to
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds.
OSHA determined that employees
exposed to beryllium at the previous
permissible exposure limits face a
significant risk of material impairment
to their health. The evidence in the
record for this rulemaking indicates that
workers exposed to beryllium are at
increased risk of developing chronic
beryllium disease and lung cancer. The
final rule establishes new permissible
exposure limits of 0.2 micrograms of
beryllium per cubic meters (mg/m3) of
air as an 8-hour time weighted average
and 2.0 mg/m3 as a short term exposure
limit determined over a sampling period
of 15 minutes. It also includes other
provisions to protect employees, such as
requirements for exposure assessment,
methods for controlling exposure,
respiratory protection, personal
protective clothing and equipment,
housekeeping, medical surveillance,
hazard communication, and
recordkeeping.
OSHA issued three separate standards
(one for general industry, one for
shipyards, and one for construction) in
order to tailor requirements to the
circumstances found in these sectors.
The effective date of those standards
was March 10, 2017.
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Consistent with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Register notice for
the Occupational Exposure to Beryllium
and Beryllium Compounds final rule
states that employers do not have to
comply with the collection of
information until OMB approves those
collections of information, and the
Department of Labor publishes a notice
in the Federal Register announcing this
approval and the control number
assigned by OMB to the final rule’s
collection of information. Under 5 CFR
1320.5(b), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless: (1) The collection of information
displays a current, valid OMB control
number, and (2) The Agency informs
members of the public who are required
to respond to the collection of
information that they are not required to
do so unless the agency displays a
currently valid OMB control number for
the collection of information.
The revision of these standards is a
technical amendment to increase public
awareness of OMB’s approval of the
collection of information. The Agency
notes that the public has already had the
opportunity to comment on the
collections of information, and OMB has
approved them. Opportunity for public
comment on this final rule is therefore
unnecessary.
The final Occupational Exposure to
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds
standards impose new collections of
information for the purposes of the PRA.
The collections of information in the
rule are needed to assist employers in
identifying and controlling exposure to
beryllium and beryllium compounds in
the workplace, and to address adverse
health effects related to beryllium.
OSHA will also use records developed
in response to these standards to
determine compliance with OSHA
standards.
COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE FINAL STANDARD
Number
General industry
Construction industry
Maritime industry
1 ..............
2 ..............
§ 1910.1024(d)(2) Performance Option .....
§ 1910.1024(d)(3)(i), (ii), and (iii) Scheduled Monitoring Options.
§ 1910.1024(d)(3)(iv), (v), and (vi) Scheduled Monitoring Options.
§ 1910.1024(d)(4) Reassessment of Exposure.
§ 1910.1024(d)(6)(i) and (ii) Employee Notification of Assessment Results.
§ 1910.1024(e)(2)(i) and (ii) Demarcation
of Beryllium Work Areas and Regulated
Areas.
§ 1910.1024(f)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) Methods
of Compliance—Written Exposure Control Plan.
§ 1926.1124(d)(2) Performance Option .....
§ 1926.1124(d)(3)(i), (ii), and (iii) Scheduled Monitoring Options.
§ 1926.1124(d)(3)(iv), (v), and (vi) Scheduled Monitoring Options.
§ 1926.1124(d)(4) Reassessment of Exposure.
§ 1926.1124(d)(6)(i) and (ii) Employee Notification of Assessment Results.
§ 1926.1124(e)(2) Competent Person .......
§ 1915.1024(d)(2) Performance Option.
§ 1915.1024(d)(3)(i), (ii), and (iii) Scheduled Monitoring Options.
§ 1915.1024(d)(3)(iv), (v), and (vi) Scheduled Monitoring Options.
§ 1915.1024(d)(4) Reassessment of Exposure.
§ 1915.1024(d)(6)(i) and (ii) Employee Notification of Assessment Results.
§ 1915.1024(e)(2) Regulated Areas—Demarcation.
§ 1926.1124(f)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) Methods
of Compliance—Written Exposure Control Plan.
§ 1915.1024(f)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) Methods
of Compliance—Written Exposure Control Plan.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9700-9701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04231]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 801
[TD 9831]
RIN 1545-BL88
Balanced System for Measuring Organizational and Employee
Performance Within the Internal Revenue Service
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations and removal of temporary regulations.
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SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations regarding management
and personnel within the IRS. The final regulations relate to the
``employee satisfaction measures'' utilized by the IRS in its Balanced
System for Measuring Organizational and Employee Performance. These
regulations affect internal operations of the IRS and the systems
employed to evaluate the performance of organizations within the IRS
and individuals employed by the IRS.
DATES:
Effective Date: These regulations are effective on March 7, 2018.
Applicability Date: These regulations are applicable for the
reporting of employee satisfaction information within the meaning of 26
CFR 801.5 that occurs on or after March 7, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Barry, at (202) 317-5759 (not a
toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 13, 2014, the IRS published in the Federal Register (79
FR 67351) a temporary regulation (TD 9703) modifying the regulations
governing the IRS Balanced System for Measuring Organizational and
Employee Performance. A notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-138605-13)
cross-referencing the temporary regulation was published in the Federal
Register (79 FR 67396) on the same day. The text of the temporary
regulation served as the text of the proposed regulation.
Summary of Comments and Explanation of Revisions
The IRS provided an opportunity for comment and an opportunity for
a public hearing. No public hearing was requested, and the IRS received
one written comment. The written comment did not substantively address
the proposed change, but instead expressed appreciation for the IRS's
efforts to obtain public feedback to support an open, measurable, and
user-friendly government.
The regulation being modified concerns ``employee satisfaction
measures'' and requires the collection of information from employees
through various means, including employee surveys. Once collected, the
information is used to measure and report on employee satisfaction, one
of three elements comprising the IRS balanced performance measurement
system. To be consistent with other government-wide employee
satisfaction surveys, the proposed regulation provides that employee
satisfaction measures can be reported at a higher agency level.
Specifically, the proposed regulation relates to the employee
satisfaction measure, Sec. 801.5, of the IRS Balanced System for
Measuring Organizational and Employee Performance (26 CFR part 801). As
originally implemented in 1999, the employee satisfaction measure
required the IRS to gauge and report the satisfaction of employees in
pay and duty status (non-seasonal employees) to the first-level
supervisor organizational level, as well as to all succeeding
management levels of the organization. Consequently, the IRS utilized
and modified a pre-existing survey to enable the reporting of data to
first-level supervisors. Other surveys, such as OPM's Federal Employee
Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), however, report employee satisfaction data to
a level of agency management higher than that of the first-level
supervisor. Consequently, the IRS conducted both the FEVS survey and
the internal survey that complied with Sec. 801.5. The administration
of both surveys resulted in an unnecessary expenditure of funds, an
undue burden on employees, and the duplication of efforts by the IRS.
The proposed regulation permits the IRS to report employee
satisfaction data at higher organization levels, thereby permitting the
IRS to use the FEVS and eliminate the use of its internal survey. The
corresponding temporary regulation was effective on or after November
13, 2014, and expired on or before November 10, 2017. This document
adopts, without modification, the proposed regulation as final and
removes the corresponding temporary regulation.
Special Analyses
Certain IRS regulations, including this one, are exempt from the
requirements of Executive Order 12866, as supplemented and reaffirmed
by Executive Order 13563. Therefore, a regulatory impact assessment is
not required. Because the regulation would not impose a collection of
information on small entities, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
chapter 6) does not apply.
Pursuant to Section 7805(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, the
notice of proposed rulemaking preceding this final regulation was
submitted to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration for comment on its impact on small business. No comments
were received from the Small Business Administration.
Drafting Information
The principal author of these regulations is Julie A. Barry, Office
of Associate Chief Counsel (General Legal Services). However, other
personnel from the Treasury Department and the IRS participated in
their development.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 801
Federal employees, Organization and functions (Government
agencies).
Adoption of Amendments to the Regulations
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 801 is amended as follows:
PART 801--BALANCED SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ORGANIZATIONAL AND EMPLOYEE
PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
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Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 801 continues to read in
part as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9501 * * *
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Par. 2. Section 801.5 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 801.5 Employee satisfaction measures.
(a) The employee satisfaction numerical ratings to be given to a
Business Operating Division (BOD) or equivalent office within the IRS
will be determined on the basis of information gathered through various
methods. For example, questionnaires, surveys, and other information
gathering mechanisms may be employed to gather data regarding
satisfaction. The information
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gathered will be used to measure, among other factors bearing upon
employee satisfaction, the quality of supervision, and the adequacy of
training and support services. All full and part-time permanent
employees of a BOD or equivalent office who are in pay and duty status
will have an opportunity to provide information regarding employee
satisfaction under conditions that guarantee them confidentiality.
(b) This section applies to the reporting of employee satisfaction
information that occurs on or after March 7, 2018.
Sec. 801.5T [Removed]
0
Par. 3. Section 801.5 T is removed.
Kirsten Wielobob,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement.
Approved: January 24, 2018.
David J. Kautter,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy).
[FR Doc. 2018-04231 Filed 3-6-18; 8:45 am]
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