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251.3—Panama Area Personnel Board.

(a) There is hereby established the Panama Area Personnel Board (PAPB). The purpose of the PAPB shall be to assist the Secretary of the Army in carrying out his responsibility to coordinate the policies and the activities of the agencies participating in the Panama Canal Employment System.
(b) Functions. The Panama Area Personnel Board shall:
(1) Provide leadership and advice in all aspects of personnel management so as to promote uniformity of policies and practices to the extent compatible with the missions and governing rules of the various agencies.
(2) Formulate and issue such additional regulations, guidelines, and procedures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of Parts 251 and 253 of this subchapter.
(3) Approve qualification standards which will be applied uniformly in effecting all personnel actions. In general, qualification standards issued by the Office of Personnel Management and those developed by individual agencies which are appropriate for general use will be used for this purpose.
(4) Provide technical direction to the Central Examining Office.
(5) Consider requests for conversion to Canal Area Career or Career-Conditional appointments.
(6) Perform such other duties and responsibilities as prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or his designee.
(c) Agencies shall consult with each other concerning any matter of interest within the scope of the Panama Canal Employment System and refer any recommendations for changes to the Panama Area Personnel Board.
(d) Composition. The PAPB shall be composed of the Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission, the Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command, and one member appointed by the Secretary of the Army who will serve as permanent chairman. The extent to which any member may serve through a representative designated by the member will be determined by the PAPB.
(e) Any member may enter topics on a meeting agenda.
(f) Records. The Panama Canal Commission shall have control of the systems of records of the PAPB that are subject to 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a (the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts). The regulations in Parts 9 and 10 of this title are adopted as regulations of the PAPB. The Administrator shall act as agency head for the purposes of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts.

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[47 FR 12952, Mar. 26, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 31070, Aug. 3, 1984; 51 FR 33262, Sept. 19, 1986]