Indian Health Service
                                                                                                                                                      Rockville MD 20857
                                                                                       MAR 5 1996

                                                                                                                                                  Commissioned Corps #8

         TO:           Director of Headquarters Operations

          FROM:     Director

         SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority for Approval of Actual Expense
                           Allowance Requests for Commissioned Officers' Temporary
                           Duty Travel
 
 

        Authority Delegated and to Whom

       1.     Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director, Indian
               Health Service (IHS), by the Director, Division of
               Commissioned Personnel, Program Support Center, on
               December 12, 1995, I hereby delegate to Director of
               Headquarters Operations the authority to approve actual
               expense allowance requests for Public Health Service (PHS)
               commissioned officers in accordance with paragraph U4210,
               Chapter 4, of the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR).

    ReDelegation and Restrictions

     2.     The authority delegated above nay be redelegated with
              additional redelegations authorized to the appropriate
              level. However, the authority must be exercised by an
              official higher than the employee's immediate supervisor.

    Information and Guidance

   3.      This authority must be exercised in accordance with the guidance
             set forth in the most current edition of the JFTR.

    Prior Delegations

    4.   None.

   Effective Date

    5.    This delegation is effective upon date of signature.

                                                             M.P.H
                                                                                 Assistant Surgeon General
 

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