Department of the
Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective Date: 6/25/07
Series: Delegation
Part 210: Office of the
Secretary
Chapter 26: Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indians
Originating Office: Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians
210 DM 26
26.1 Delegation. Subject to the limitations in 200 DM 1, all
of the heads of offices in the Office of the Special Trustee are delegated the
following authorities:
A. Attendance at
meetings and acceptance of contributions, as described in 205 DM 2,
B. Library Books,
Subscriptions, and Memberships, 205 DM 5.3,
C. Long Distance
Telephone Calls, 205 DM 5.4,
D. Certification
of Time and Attendance Reports, 205 DM 6.2,
E. Travel and
Transportation, 205 DM 15,
F. Authority to
sign and issue notices to employees of the following personnel actions in 205
DM 8.1:
(1) Proposed
adverse actions, and decisions on adverse actions, including nondisciplinary
demotion and separations;
(2) Proposed
demotions or removals and decisions on demotions or removals, based on
unacceptable performance; and
(3) Terminations
during probationary or trial periods.
26.2 Additional Program Authority. The following authority is delegated to the
following offices under the Principal Deputy Special Trustee for American
Indians.
A. The Office of
Budget, Finance and Administration is delegated the following authorities:
(1) Administrative
services, as described in 205 DM 5.
(2) Budget
and financial management, as described in 205 DM 6.
(3) Claims
by the United States for property or money, as described in 205 DM 7.
(4) Personnel
management, as described in 205 DM 8.
(5) Personal
property management, as described in 205 DM 9.
(6) Real
property management, as described in 205 DM 10.
(7) Travel
and transportation, as described in 205 DM 15.
(8) Advisory
committee management, as described in 205 DM 16
(9) The
administration of the oath of office or any oath required by law in connection
with employment.
B. The Senior
Procurement Executive is delegated, through the Principal Deputy Special
Trustee, procurement and contracting authority subject to the following
limitations:
(1) All
contracting and procurement decisions including issuance of contracting officer
warrants must be approved by the Director, Acquisition and Property Management.
(2) The
selection of all Contract Specialists must include the participation and review
and approval of the Director, Office of Acquisition and Property Management.
C. The Chief
Information Officer (CIO) is delegated authority to approve all IT expenditures
for the Office of the Special Trustee nationwide to ensure availability of
adequate resources to support the Department’s enterprise architecture and
capital planning.
D. Heads of
Program Offices including the Deputy Special Trustees for Trust Accountability,
Field Operations, and Trust Services; and the Executive Director, Office of
Historical Trust Accounting are delegated the following authorities:
(1) The authority
to account for the daily and annual balance of all funds held in trust by the
United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian that
are deposited or invested pursuant to the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C.
162a).
(2) The
authority to recommend to the Special Trustee approval or disapproval of tribal
plans to withdraw some or all funds held in trust for such tribe by the United
States and managed by the Secretary.
E. The Director,
Office of Trust Records is delegated through the Chief Information Officer, authority
to grant access, on the basis of demonstrated need, to records in the legal
custody of Indian tribes and the component bureaus of the Department of the
Interior that are stored at the American Indian Records Repository. For records in the legal custody of tribes
and/or component bureaus other than BIA and OST, the Director must obtain prior
authorization from the tribe or bureau with legal custody of the records before
granting access.
26.3 Authority to Redelegate. Except where redelegation is prohibited by
statute, Executive order, or limitations established by other competent
authority, the Heads of program offices may redelegate general administrative
authority and program authorities specifically related to the functions and
responsibilities assigned to the Deputy Special Trustee in 110 DM 26 and as
redelegated in this DM. Delegations of
authority made by the Special Trustee will be in the form of a Departmental Manual
release issued in strict compliance with the provisions of 200 DM 3. No other
form of redelegation is authorized.
6/25/07 #3752
Replaces 4/21/03 #3589