[Federal Register: February 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 33)]
[Notices]
[Page 7775-7776]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5076-D-17]
Delegation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of the
Inspector General
AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: This notice updates the delegation of authority of the Office
of the Inspector General to require by subpoena the production of all
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers,
and other data and documentary evidence necessary in the performance of
the functions assigned by the Inspector General Act to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the
Regional Inspectors General for Audit, and the Directors within the
Office of Audit. This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned
officials the authority of the Inspector General to cause the seal of
the Department to be affixed to certain documents and to certify that a
copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true
copy of that in the files of the Department. This notice also delegates
the authority to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector
General for Investigation, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for
Investigation, and the Special Agents in Charge, to request information
under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 12, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Saddler, Counsel to the
Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8260,
Washington, DC 20410-4500, telephone (202) 708-1613. (These are not
toll-free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.) authorizes the Inspector General to require by
subpoena the production of all information, documents, reports,
answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary
evidence necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the
Inspector General Act. This notice delegates this authority to issue
subpoenas from the Inspector General to the Deputy Inspector General,
the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors
General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Regional Inspectors General
for Audit, and the Directors within the Office of Audit.
This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned officials the
authority delegated to the Inspector General by the Secretary of HUD in
the Delegation of Authority published on July 15, 2003, at 68 FR 41840,
which delegated to various officials, including the Inspector General,
the authority to cause the seal of the Department to be affixed to
certain documents and to certify that a copy of any book, record,
paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in the files
of the Department.
Section 552a(b)(7) authorizes the Inspector General to request
information protected by the Privacy Act for a civil or criminal law
enforcement activity. This notice delegates to the Deputy Inspector
General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, and the Special Agents
in Charge, the authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. section
552a(b)(7).
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The Inspector General has not limited his authority to issue
subpoenas or to affix the Departmental seal and certify copies of
records, or to request information under 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552a by this
delegation or redelegation. Also, this delegation and redelegation of
authority prohibits further delegation or redelegation.
Accordingly, the Inspector General delegates and redelegates as
follows:
Section A. Authority Delegated and Redelegated
The HUD Inspector General delegates to the Deputy Inspector
General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy Assistant
Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Regional
Inspectors General for Audit and the Directors within the Office of
Audit, the authority to require by subpoena the production of all
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers,
and other data and documentary evidence necessary in the performance of
the functions assigned by the Inspector General Act pursuant to Section
6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 1978.
Additionally, the Inspector General redelegates to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the
Regional Inspectors General for Audit and the Directors within the
Office of Audit, the authority under the delegation of authority
published at 68 FR 41840 (July 15, 2003) to cause the seal of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development to be affixed to such
documents as may require its application and to certify that a copy of
any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of
that in the files of the Department.
Additionally, the Inspector General delegates to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations,
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, and the
Special Agents in Charge, the authority to request information under 5
U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).
Section B. No Further Delegation or Redelegation
The authority delegated and redelegated in Section A above may not
be further delegated or redelegated.
Authority: Section 6(a)(4), Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.); Section 7(d), Department of HUD Act (42 U.S.C.
3535(d)); Delegation of Authority, April 15, 1987, at 52 FR 12259; 5
U.S.C. section 552a.
Dated: February 12, 2007.
Kenneth M. Donohue,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. E7-2826 Filed 2-16-07; 8:45 am]
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