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SUBJ/SPECIAL SOLICITATION FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS//
 
REF/A/DOC/OPM/12SEP2001//
 
REF/B/DOC/SECDEF/30AUG1993//
 
NARR/REF A IS OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM) MEMORANDUM,
RELIEF EFFORTS FOR VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST ACTIONS.  REF B IS
DODDIR 5500.7-R, THE JOINT ETHICS REGULATION.//
 
RMKS/1.  THE SACRIFICES AND NUMEROUS ACTS OF KINDNESS BY SO MANY OF
OUR FELLOW AMERICANS AND ESPECIALLY BY OUR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
FAMILY IN ASSISTING THE VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS HAVE BEEN
AN INSPIRATION TO ME AND TO YOUR COUNTRYMEN.  TO FURTHER SUCH RELIEF
AND ASSISTANCE EFFORTS, I AM AUTHORIZING, PURSUANT TO REF A, ALL
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ACTIVITIES TO CONDUCT A SPECIAL ONE-TIME
WORKPLACE SOLICITATION TO RAISE FUNDS TO BENEFIT ONE OR MORE OF THE
MANY WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTING VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST
ATTACKS.
 
2.  A LIST OF AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING RELIEF EFFORTS CAN
BE FOUND AT THE OPM WEBSITE HTTP:/WWW.OPM.GOV/CFC/
OPMMEMOS/2001/911-DISASTER.HTM OR ON THE NAVY WEB PAGE.  INDIVIDUAL
COMMANDERS OR ACTIVITY HEADS MAY SELECT A SINGLE ORGANIZATION OR
SEVERAL RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS FROM THESE LISTINGS, E.G., NAVY-MARINE
CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY, FEDERAL EMPLOYEE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE
FUND, OR UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, TO SUPPORT THROUGH A SINGLE
SOLICITATION WITHIN THE COMMAND.  THIS SOLICITATION SHOULD BE
CONDUCTED BEFORE 1 NOV 01.  PRIOR TO SOLICITING FUNDS, COMMANDERS OR
ACTIVITY HEADS SHOULD ANNOUNCE THE SELECTED ORGANIZATION(S) SO
PERSONNEL ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE INTENDED DISPOSITION OF THEIR
DONATIONS.
 
3.  IF ACTIVITIES CHOOSE TO CONDUCT SUCH A SOLICITATION, REF B
PERMITS DON EMPLOYEES TO ENDORSE THIS FUNDRAISING EFFORT IN THEIR
OFFICIAL CAPACITIES.
 
4.  INDIVIDUAL COMMANDS AND ACTIVITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
COLLECTING AND FORWARDING DONATIONS TO THE POINTS OF CONTACT OF THE
SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS.  ALL DONATIONS MUST BE VOLUNTARY.  CONSULT
GUIDANCE NORMALLY APPLICABLE TO FUNDRAISING EFFORTS BEFORE
INITIATING ANY SOLICITATION.
 
5.  QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD BE REFERRED TO
YOUR ETHICS COUNSELOR OR NAVY JAG ADMINISTRATIVE LAW DIVISION, (703)
604-8200, DSN 664-8200.
 
6.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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