TREASURY DIRECTIVE 16-15
Date:
Sunset
Review: January 10,
2005
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority for Issuing Certain Regulations
Generated by the Financial Management Service
1. DELEGATION.
a. By virtue of the authority vested in the Fiscal Assistant
Secretary by Treasury Order 101-05, I hereby delegate to the Commissioner of
the Financial Management Service authority to issue, without formal clearance
by the Departmental Offices (excepted as noted below), regulations generated by
the Financial Management Service that, in the judgment of the Commissioner:
1. do not have significant political
interest or a significant economic impact; and
2. do not establish new and significant
policy or have broad policy implications.
b. The Commissioner of the Financial Management Service shall
sign any such regulations under this authority in that official's capacity and
under that official's title.
c. The Commissioner of the Financial Management Service shall
be responsible for referring to the Fiscal Assistant Secretary any matter on
which action shall appropriately be taken by the Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
d. This delegation does not modify any requirements or
procedures concerning the submission of a regulation and related documents to
the Office of Management and Budget through the Department's Office of General
Counsel, or the review of a regulation by the Department's Office of General
Counsel for compliance with the various statutes, Executive Orders, and
policies that govern the regulatory process.
2. REDELEGATION. This authority may not be redelegated by the
Commissioner of the Financial Management Service.
3. AUTHORITY. Treasury Order 101-05, "Reporting
Relationships and Supervision of Officials, Offices and Bureaus, Delegation of
Certain Authority, and Order of Succession in the Department of the
Treasury."
4. OFFICE
OF PRIMARY INTEREST. Office of the
Fiscal Assistant Secretary and Office of the Commissioner of the Financial
Management Service.
/S/
Donald V. Hammond
Fiscal Assistant Secretary