[Federal Register: November 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 219)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4550-D-01]

 
Order of Succession

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Deputy Secretary for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration. This Order of Succession 
supersedes the Order of Succession for the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, published at 55 FR 46875 (November 7, 1990).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John P. Opitz, Assistant General 
Counsel for Procurement and Administrative Law, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Room 10180, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20410, (202) 708-0622. (This is not a toll-free number.) This number 
may be accessed via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339 (toll-free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Deputy Secretary for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary when, by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office, the Assistant Secretary is not available to exercise 
the powers or perform the duties of the office. This Order of 
Succession is subject to the provisions of the Vacancy Reform Act of 
1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d.
    Accordingly, the Deputy Secretary designates the following Order of 
Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office, the Assistant Secretary for Administration is not 
available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Office of 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, the following officials within 
the Office of Administration are hereby designated to exercise the 
powers and perform the duties of the Office:

(1) General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration;
(2) Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration;
(3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations;
(4) Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations;
(5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Services;
(6) Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Services
(7) Director, Office of Human Resources.

These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the Office in 
the order specified herein, and no official shall serve unless all the 
other officials, whose position titles precede his/hers in this order, 
are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in 
office.

Section B. Authority Revoked

    This Order of Succession revokes the Order of Succession for the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, published at 55 FR 46875 
(November 7, 1990).

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3535(d).

    Dated: November 5, 1999.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 99-29677 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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