Memorandum

                Date  AUG  7 1990

               From Associate Director .
                        Office of Administration and Management

              Subject  Delegation of Authority to Issue Official Reprimands under HHS Personnel
                            Instruction 751-1

               TO All Associate Directors
 

              Pursuant to the authority vested in the Associate Director, Office of
             Administration and Management, by the Director of Headquarters Operations, on
             August 1, 1990, I hereby delegate to the Associate Directors, to be exercised
             within their respective Associate Offices, the authority to issue official
             reprimands under Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Personnel
             Instruction 751-1.

             AUTHORITY TO REDELEGATE

             This authority may be redelegated with further redelegation authorized so that
             all supervisors receive this authority.  All delegations and redelegations
             must be in writing, in memorandum format.
 

            EXCLUSIONS

            This delegation does not apply to IHS supervisors or employees who are in or
            under the line supervision of a regional office officials.

             INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE

            Information and guidance for exercising this authority are found in DHHS
            Personnel Instruction 751-l "Officia1 Reprimands."

           SUPERSESSION

           The Delegation of Authority issued in Part I, Chapter 5, Indian Health Manual, Exhibit l-5.2F-B,
           Subject: To Issue  Official Reprimands, TN 85.2, dated
           November 15, 1984, was superseded by the memorandum from the Director, IHS, to
          the Director of Headquarters Operations on September 21, 1989.

         EFFECTIVE DATE

         This delegation is effective upon date of signature.