5 C.F.R. Subpart F—Miscellaneous Provisions
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
(a) The pledge card, designed pursuant to §950.402, must allow an employee to indicate if the employee does not wish his or her name and home address forwarded to the charitable organization or organizations designated. A PCFO's failure to honor an employee's wish may result in the decertification of the PCFO. (b) The pledge card will direct an employee to provide his or her complete home address on the pledge card should he or she wish his or her name and home address released to organizations receiving their donations. (c) It is the responsibility of the PCFO to forward the names and addresses of employees who have indicated that they wish their names be forwarded, to the recipient organization directly, if the organization is unaffiliated, and to the organization's federation if the organization is a member of a federation. The PCFO may not make any other use of these employees' names and addresses. (d) Organizations must cooperate fully with OPM investigations into the care and appropriate use of these lists. Should an organization ignore or fail to respond to OPM's requests for cooperation or hamper an investigation, the Director may propose that the organization be suspended or expelled from the CFC. The Director will consider any response in issuing a decision. (a) Employee solicitations shall be conducted during duty hours using methods that permit true voluntary giving and shall reserve to the individual the option of disclosing any gift or keeping it confidential. Campaign kick-offs, victory events, awards, and other non-solicitation events to build support for the CFC are encouraged. (b) Special CFC fundraising events, such as, raffles, lotteries, auctions, bake sales, carnivals, athletic events, or other activities not specifically provided for in these regulations are permitted during the 6-week campaign period if approved by the appropriate agency head or government official, consistent with agency ethics regulations. (c) In all approved special fundraising events the donor must have the option of designating to a specific participating organization or federation or be advised that the donation will be counted as an undesignated contribution and distributed according to these regulations. (a) Sanctions not specifically provided for elsewhere in these regulations, may be imposed on an organization, federation or PCFO for violating any provisions, other applicable provisions of law, or any directive or instruction from the Director. The Director will determine the appropriate sanction, up to and including permanent expulsion from the CFC. In determining the appropriate sanction, the Director will consider all elements such as previous violations, harm to Federal employee confidence in the CFC, and any other relevant factors. The Director shall provide written notification to the organization, federation or PCFO regarding the alleged violation and the intent to impose a sanction. Prior to implementation of sanctions under this section, the organization, federation or PCFO shall be provided an opportunity to address in writing why the sanction should not be imposed. This submission must be received within 10 calendar days from the date of receipt of the Director's notification letter. (b) At the Director's discretion, PCFO's and Federations may be directed to suspend distribution of current and future CFC donations from Federal employees to recipient organizations. Federations and PCFO's shall immediately place suspended contributions in an interest bearing account until directed to do otherwise. Federations, PCFO's and other participants in the CFC shall retain documents pertinent to the campaign for at least three campaign years. Documents requested by OPM must be made available within 10 business days of the request. Each federation, federation member and unaffiliated organization applying for participation in the CFC must, as a condition of participation, complete a certification that it is in compliance with all statutes, Executive orders, and regulations restricting or prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in transactions and dealings with countries, entities or individuals subject to economic sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Should any change in circumstances pertaining to this certification occur at any time, the organization must notify OPM's Office of CFC Operations immediately. OPM will take such steps as it deems appropriate under the circumstances, including, but not limited to, notifying OFAC and/or other enforcement authorities of such change, suspending disbursement of CFC funds not yet disbursed, retracting (to the extent practicable) CFC funds already disbursed, and suspending or expelling the organization from the CFC. [70 FR 67341, Nov. 7, 2005]
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 950—SOLICITATION OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN AND UNIFORMED SERVICE PERSONNEL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
Subpart F—Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 950.601 Release of contributor names.
§ 950.602 Solicitation methods.
§ 950.603 Sanctions.
§ 950.604 Records retention.
§ 950.605 Sanctions compliance certification.
