Sec.  54.704   The Administrator's Chief Executive Officer.

   (a) Chief Executive Officer's functions . (1) The Chief Executive Officer
   shall have management responsibility for the administration of the federal
   universal service support mechanisms.

   (2) The Chief Executive Officer shall have management responsibility for all
   employees  of  the Universal Service Administrative Company. The Chief
   Executive Officer may delegate such responsibility to heads of the divisions
   established in  Sec. 54.701(g).

   (3) The Chief Executive Officer shall serve on the Administrator's Board of
   Directors as set forth in  Sec. 54.703(b) and on the Committees of the Board
   established under  Sec. 54.705.

   (b) Selection process for the Chief Executive Officer . (1) The members of
   the Board of Directors of the Administrator shall nominate by consensus a
   Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors shall submit the name of its
   nominee for Chief Executive Officer, along with relevant professional and
   biographical information about the nominee, to the Chairman of the Federal
   Communications Commission.

   (2) The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission shall review the
   nomination submitted by the Administrator's Board of Directors. Subject to
   the  Chairman's  approval,  the  nominee  shall  be  appointed  as the
   Administrator's Chief Executive Officer.

   (3) If the Board of Directors does not reach consensus on a nominee or fails
   to submit a nomination for the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the
   Federal Communications Commission shall select a Chief Executive Officer.

   [ 63 FR 70574 , Dec. 21, 1998]