§  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 § 54.701(g).

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