1999 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: This notice provides a list of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities, as required by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act), as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila Conley or Tawana Webb at 202-395-6911, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides a copy of the 1999 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities, which the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to publish annually under the IG Act. This list is also posted on the Inspector General community's website, IGNET, at http://www.ignet.gov.

The List is divided into two groups: Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities. The Designated Federal Entities are required to establish and maintain Offices of Inspector General. The Designated Federal Entities are listed in the IG Act, except that those agencies which have ceased to exist have been deleted from the list.

Federal Entities are required to report annually to each House of Congress and OMB on audit and investigative activities in their organizations. Federal Entities are defined as "any Government corporation (within the meaning of section 103 (1) of title 5, United States Code), any Government controlled corporation (within the meaning of section 103 (2) of such title), or any other entity in the Executive Branch of government, or any independent regulatory agency" other than the Executive Office of the President and agencies with statutory Inspectors General. There are 3 deletions and 2 additions in the 1999 list of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities from the 1998 list published in the July 10, 1998, Federal Register.

The 1999 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities was prepared in consultation with the U.S. General Accounting Office.

/S/
Norwood J. Jackson, Jr.
Acting Controller
Office of Federal Financial Management

Herein follows the text of the 1999 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities:

1999 List of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires Office of Management Budget (OMB) to publish a list of "Designated Federal Entities" and "Federal Entities" and the heads of such entities. Designated Federal Entities were required to establish Offices of Inspector General before April 17, 1989. Federal Entities are required to report annually to each House of Congress and the OMB on audit and investigative activities in their organizations.

DESIGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES AND ENTITY HEADS

Amtrak - President
Appalachian Regional Commission - Federal Co-Chairperson
The Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System - Chairperson
Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Chairperson
Consumer Product Safety Commission - Chairperson
Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Board of Directors
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Chairperson
Farm Credit Administration - Chairperson
Federal Communications Commission - Chairperson
Federal Election Commission - Chairperson
Federal Housing Finance Board - Chairperson
Federal Labor Relations Authority - Chairperson
Federal Maritime Commission - Chairperson
Federal Trade Commission - Chairperson
Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors
National Archives and Records Administration - Archivist of the United States
National Credit Union Administration - Chairperson
National Endowment for the Arts - Chairperson
National Endowment for the Humanities - Chairperson
National Labor Relations Board - Chairperson
National Science Foundation - National Science Board
Panama Canal Commission - Chairperson
Peace Corps - Director
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - Chairperson
Securities and Exchange Commission - Chairperson
Smithsonian Institution - Secretary
Tennessee Valley Authority - Board of Directors
United States International Trade Commission - Chairperson
United States Postal Service - Governors of the Postal Service

FEDERAL ENTITIES AND ENTITY HEADS

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Chairperson
African Development Foundation - Chairperson
American Battle Monuments Commission - Chairperson
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board - Chairperson
Armed Forces Retirement Home - Board of Directors
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation - Chairperson
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board - Chairperson
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation - Chairperson
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad - Chairperson
Commission of Fine Arts - Chairperson
Commission on Civil Rights - Chairperson
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled - Chairperson
Court of Veterans Appeal - Chief Judge
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - Chairperson
Denali Commission - Chairperson
Export-Import Bank - President and Chairperson
Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation - Chairperson
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation - Chairperson
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Appraisal Subcommittee - Chairperson
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service - Director
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission - Chairperson
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board - Executive Director
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation - Chairperson
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development - Chairperson
Institute of Museum and Library Services - Director
Intelligence Community Management Account - Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management
Inter-American Foundation - Chairperson
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation - Chairperson
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission - Chairperson
Marine Mammal Commission - Chairperson
Merit Systems Protection Board - Chairperson
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation - Chairperson
National Capital Planning Commission - Chairperson
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science - Chairperson
National Council on Disability - Chairperson
National Education Goals Panel - Chairperson
National Mediation Board - Chairperson
National Transportation Safety Board - Chairperson
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation - Chairperson
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board - Chairperson
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission - Chairperson
Office of Government Ethics - Director
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation - Chairperson
Office of Special Counsel - Special Counsel
Offices of Independent Counsel - Independent Counsels
Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Board of Directors
Postal Rate Commission - Chairperson
Presidio Trust - Chairperson
Selective Service System - Director
Smithsonian Institution/John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts-Chairperson
Smithsonian Institution/National Gallery of Art - President
Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Director
State Justice Institute - Director
Trade and Development Agency - Director
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council - Chairperson
U.S. Institute of Peace - Chairperson