§ 102-33.25 — -33.25 Samo Duties

SAMOs must:

(a) Represent the agency's views to the ICAP and vote on behalf of the agency;

(b) Contribute technical and operational policy expertise to ICAP;

(c) Serve as the designated approving official for FAIRS when the agency elects to have one person serve as both SAMO and the designated official for FAIRS (DoD will not have a designated official for FAIRS); and

(d) Appoint representatives of the agency as members of ICAP subcommittees and working groups.

(e) The SAMO should have:

(1) Experience as a pilot or crew member; or

(2) Management experience within an aviation operations management/flight program.

(f) Designate an official (by letter to the Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Asset and Transportation Management, Office of Government-wide Policy, GSA) to certify the accuracy and completeness of information reported through FAIRS (Armed Forces and the U.S. Coast Guard, are not required to report information to FAIRS);

(g) Appoint representatives of the agency as members of ICAP subcommittees and working groups;

(h) Ensure that your agency's internal policies and procedures are consistent with the requirements of OMB Circulars A-126, A-76, and A-11, Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular 120-92, and this part; and

(i) Ensure that safety and other critical aviation program requirements are satisfied. Executive agencies that only hire aircraft occasionally for specific flights, must either:

(1) Establish an aviation program that complies with the requirements of OMB Circular A-126; or

(2) Hire those aircraft through an agency with a policy-compliant aviation program.