Sec. 0.11  Functions of the Office.

    (a) The Managing Director is appointed by the Chairman with the 
approval of the Commission. Under the supervision and direction of the 
Chairman, the Managing Director shall serve as the Commission's chief 
operating and executive official with the following duties and 
responsibilities:
    (1) Provide managerial leadership to and exercise supervision and 
direction over the Commission's Bureaus and Offices with respect to 
management and administrative matters but not substantive regulatory 
matters such as regulatory policy and rule making, authorization of 
service, administration of sanctions, and adjudication.
    (2) Formulate and administer all management and administrative 
policies, programs, and directives for the Commission consistent with 
authority delegated by the Commission and the Chairman and recommend to 
the Chairman and the Commission major changes in such policies and 
programs.
    (3) Assist the Chairman in carrying out the administrative and 
executive responsibilities delegated to the Chairman as the 
administrative head of the agency.
    (4) Advise the Chairman and Commission on management, 
administrative, and related matters; review and evaluate the programs 
and procedures of the Commission; initiate action or make 
recommendations as may be necessary to administer the Communications Act 
most effectively in the public interest.

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Assess the management, administrative, and resource implications of any 
proposed action or decision to be taken by the Commission or by a Bureau 
or Office under delegated authority; recommend to the Chairman and 
Commission program priorities, resource and position allocations, 
management, and administrative policies.
    (5) Plan and administer the Commission's Management by Objectives 
system. Assure that objectives, priorities, and action plans established 
by Bureaus and Offices are consistent with overall Commission objectives 
and priorities.
    (6) Plan and administer the Commission's Program Evaluation System. 
Ensure that evaluation results are utilized in Commission decision-
making and priority-setting activities.
    (7) Direct agency efforts to improve management effectiveness, 
operational efficiency, employee productivity, and service to the 
public. Administer Commission-wide management programs.
    (8) Plan and manage the administrative affairs of the Commission 
with respect to the functions of personnel and position management; 
labor-management relations; budget and financial management; information 
management and processing; organization planning; management analysis; 
procurement; office space management and utilization; administrative and 
office services; supply and property management; records management; 
personnel and physical security; and international telecommunications 
settlements.
    (9) [Reserved]
    (10) With the concurrence of the General Counsel, interpret rules 
and regulations pertaining to fees.
    (b) The Secretary is the official custodian of the Commission's 
documents.

(Secs. 4, 303, 307, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082, 1083; 47 U.S.C. 
154, 303, )
[46 307 FR 59975 , Dec. 8, 1981, as amended at  47 FR 41380 , Sept. 20, 1982; 
 49 FR 45583 , Nov. 19, 1984;  50 FR 27953 , July 9, 1985;  53 FR 29054 , Aug. 
2, 1988;  53 FR 47536 , Nov. 23, 1988;  54 FR 152 , Jan. 4, 1989;  59 FR 26971 , May 25, 1994;  60 FR 5323 , Jan. 27, 1995;  62 FR 15853 , Apr. 3, 
1997;  62 FR 51052 , Sept. 30, 1997]

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