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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

(2) "Government controlled corporation" does not include a corporation owned by the Government of the United States. § 104. Independent establishment For the purpose of this title, "independent establishment" means— (1) an establishment in the executive branch which is not an Executive department, military department. Government corporation, or part thereof, or part of an independent establishment; and (2) the General Accounting Office. §105. Executive agency For the purpose of this title, "Executive agency" means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment. CHAPTER 3—POWERS Sec.

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Departmental regulations. Delegation of authority. Oatbs to witnesses. Subpenas. Systematic agency review of operations.

§ 301. Departmental regulations The head of an Executive department or military department may prescribe regulations for the government of his department, the conduct of its employees, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of its records, papers, and property. This section does not authorize withholding mformation from the public or limiting the availability of records to the public. § 302. Delegation of authority (a) For the purpose of this section, "agency" has the meaning given it by section 5721 of this title. (b) I n addition to the authority to delegate conferred by other law, the head of an agency may delegate to subordinate officials the authority vested in him— (1) by law to take final action on matters pertaining to the employment, direction, and general administration of personnel under his agency; and (2) by section 324 of title 44 to authorize the publication of advertisements, notices, or proposals. § 303. Oaths to witnesses An employee of an Executive department lawfully assigned to investigate frauds on or attempts to defraud the United States, or iregularity or misconduct of an employee or agent of the United States, may administer an oath to a witness attending to testify or depose in the course of the investigation. §304. Subpenas (a) The head of an Executive department or military department or bureau thereof in which a claim against the United States is pending may apply to a judge or clerk of a court of the United States to issue a subpena for a witness within the jurisdiction of the court to appear at a time and place stated in the subpena before an individual authorized to hake depositions to be used in the courts of the United States, to give full and true answers to such written interrogatories and cross-interrogatories as may be submitted with the application, or to be orally examined and cross-examined on the subject of the claim.

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