---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 102-33.25"
title: "41"
number: "102-33.25"
heading: "SAMO duties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/102-33.25"
---

# §102-33.25. 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.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 31 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, 35 FR 7959, 3 CFR, 1066-1970 Comp., p. 1070; E.O. 11541, 35 FR 10737, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 939; and OMB Circular No. A-126 (Revised May 22, 1992), 57 FR 22150.

### Source

Source: 90 FR 58425, Dec. 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted.