The Commission is amending its rules to make more efficacious the procedures by which the General Counsel reaches determinations on requests by former employees for clearance to participate in Commission matters. The revised procedures are intended to provide for effective review of the propriety of a former employee's participation in a particular matter while reducing the paperwork and resources needed to dispose of clearance requests. These amendments also clarify the rule's terms and procedures, eliminate certain inconsistencies, and correct one provision.