§ 273.5 Recommendations for agency organization.

Each agency shall: (a) Participate, as appropriate, in the Interagency Council on Metric Policy (ICMP), and/or its working committee, the Metrication Operating Committee (MOC), in coordinating and providing policy guidance for the U.S. Government's transtion to use of the metric system. (b) Designate a senior policy official to be responsible for agency metric policy and to represent the agency on the ICMP. (c) Designate an appropriate official to represent the agency on the Metrication Operating Committee (MOC), an interagency committee reporting to the ICMP. (d) Maintain liaison with private sector groups (such as the American National Metric Council and the U.S Metric Association) that are involved in planning for or coordinating National transition to the metric system. (e) Provide for internal guidelines, training and documentation to assure employee awareness and understanding of agency metric policies and programs.