[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34111-34112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16427]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Treasury Directive Number 16-13]


Operating Center for Government Accounting and Financial 
Reporting and the Establishment of the Chief Accounting Officer 
Position; Authority Delegation

June 17, 1997.
    1. Delegation: By virtue of the authority granted to the Fiscal 
Assistant Secretary by Treasury Order (TO) 101-05, this Directive 
delegates to the Commissioner, Financial Management Service, all 
authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by Sections 114 (b) 
and (c) of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 
3513) relating to the facilities and internal organization necessary to 
provide Governmentwide accounting and financial reporting by an 
operating center within the Financial Management Service.
    2. Redelegation: The Commissioner may establish component 
organizations within the Financial Management Service and assign 
functions to these organizations in such manner as the Commissioner 
determines to be in the interest of efficiency or economy of operation. 
Any organizational changes shall comply with the provisions of Treasury 
Directive (TD) 21-01.
    3. Chief Accounting Officer: The Commissioner may establish a 
position of Chief Accounting Officer within the Financial Management 
Service. If so established, the Chief Accounting Officer, under the 
direction of the Commissioner, shall be responsible for assuring the 
integrity of the Governmentwide central accounting and reporting 
systems maintained by the Financial Management Service and shall 
perform functions and duties determined by the Commissioner.
    4. Authority:
    a. TO 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.''
    b. 31 U.S.C. 3513.
    5. Reference: TD 21-01, ``Organizational Changes.''
    6. Cancellation: TD 16-13, ``Operating Center for Government 
Accounting and Financial Reporting,'' dated May 8, 1992, is superseded.
    7. Expiration Date: This Directive shall expire three years from 
the date of issuance unless superseded or cancelled prior to that date.

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    8. Office of Primary Interest: Office of the Fiscal Assistant 
Secretary.
Gerald Murphy,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-16427 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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