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Administrative Memos

Administrative Memorandum Number 1: Numbered Memoranda (PDF)
This memorandum establishes a system of numbered memoranda which cover many of the procedures used in connection with the Committee's operations. It supersedes the previous Administrative Memorandum No. 1 dated April 29, 1993.

Administrative Memorandum Number 2: Committee Meetings (PDF)
This memorandum delineates the procedures for scheduling and conducting Committee meetings. It supersedes the memorandum on the same subject date June 15, 1997.

Administrative Memorandum Number 3: Approval of Procurement List Additions or Deletions (PDF)
This memorandum prescribes the procedures to be followed in obtaining Committee approval of the addition to or deletion from the Procurement List of a commodity or service. This memorandum supersedes Administrative Memorandum No. 3 dated February 15, 1987.

Administrative Memorandum Number 4: Reconsideration of Committee Decisions (PDF)
This memorandum describes the procedures followed when the Committee staff becomes aware of new and pertinent information and/or received a request on the basis of new and pertinent information for the Committee members to reconsider an earlier decision which approved the addition or deletion of a commodity or service to the Procurement List. This memorandum supersedes Administrative Memorandum No. 4 on the same subject dated May 19, 1995.

Administrative Memorandum Number 5: Delegation of Authority to Executive Director (PDF)
This memorandum prescribes the delegation of the authority by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled to the Executive Director to Manage the activities of the Committee within the Committee's regulations and the policies established by the Committee. It supersedes the memorandum of January 24, 1990, on the same subject.

Administrative Memorandum Number 6: Safeguarding Confidential Commercial Information (PDF)
This memorandum prescribes the procedures the Committee will follow prior to releasing documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, which may contain confidential commercial information, in accord with the Committee FOIA regulation on business information, 41 CFR 51-8.8. This memorandum supersedes Administrative Memorandum No. 6, dated April 26, 1993, and Workshop Memorandum No. 14, dated January 24, 1991.

Administrative Memorandum Number 8: Nomination and Election of Committee Officers and Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson Responsibilities (PDF)

  • This policy supersedes and combines Administrative Memorandum 7, Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson Responsibilities, dated June 23, 1997, and Administrative Memorandum 8, Nomination and Election of Committee Officers, dated June 23, 1997.
  • This policy prescribes the procedures for nominating and electing the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee). To the extent practicable, the Committee supports the position that the offices of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson should be held at any point by a federal member and a private citizen member to ensure a balance of leadership. The policy also defines the length of terms of the officers and the procedures to be taken in the event of a vacancy in one or both offices.
  • This policy describes the responsibilities of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Committee.

Administrative Memorandum Number 9: Committee Voting Protocols (PDF)
This memorandum describes the protocols to be followed by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled in voting on various decisions.

Administrative Memorandum Number 10: No cameras or recording devices policy (PDF)
This memorandum is to establish the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled policy on cameras and recording devices.

Administrative Memorandum Number 11: Central Nonprofit Agency (CNA) Fee Ceiling Determination Process (PDF)
This memorandum describes the process to be followed by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled in determining the Central Nonprofit Agency (CNA) Fee Ceiling as authorized by 41 CFR 51-3.5. This memorandum incorporates the fee ceiling determination process into the Committee's series of administrative memoranda governing internal functions of the Committee. This is a new memorandum; no previous memoranda are superseded.

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