[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33648]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. FR-4278-D-02]


Redelegation of Personnel Management Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary redelegates personnel management 
authority relating to HUD 2020 Management Reform.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Virginia Stephens, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-0622. (This is not 
a toll-free number.) For hearing/speech-impaired individuals, this 
number may be accessed via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8399.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary redelegates this authority in 
order to facilitate the selection of candidates for the approximately 
1,400 merit staffing positions announced in connection with the HUD 
2020 Management Reform Plan. Consistent with merit staffing principles 
and Union agreements, standard personnel procedures will be followed in 
this process. In addition, no political appointee will serve as 
selecting official. All selections will be made by senior level career 
employees. To the greatest extent practical and feasible, rating and 
ranking panels will consist of representatives of multiple program 
offices with representatives from both Headquarters and the field. A 
representative from HUD Unions will observe the rating and ranking 
process.
    Accordingly, the Secretary redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The authority to make HUD 2020 merit staffing selections for 
candidates at grades GS-14 and GS-15 is redelegated to the following 
selecting officials for each of the Program and other offices 
identified below:

Office and Selecting Official

Office of Housing--Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
Office of Public and Indian Housing--General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
(Acting)
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity--General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary
Office of Public Affairs--Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 
Affairs/Managing Editor
Office of General Counsel--Deputy General Counsel for Operations
Office of Chief Financial Officer--Deputy CFO for Finance (Director, 
Accounting Center)
Enforcement Center--Director
Assessment Center--Deputy General Counsel for Operations
Section 8, Financial Management Center--General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, PIH (Acting)
Office of Community Planning and Development--Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Economic Development
Office of Field Management, Senior Community Builder positions--Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Resource Management and Operations, 
Administration
Office of Field Management, non-Senior Community Builder positions--
Career Deputy Assistant Secretary for: Housing, CPD, PIH, FHEO, and 
Administration

Section B. No Authority To Further Redelegate

    The authority redelegated in Section A., above, may not be further 
redelegated.

Section C. Expiration of Redelegation

    This redelegation of authority expires on June 30, 1998.

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

    Dated: December 15, 1997.
Andrew Cuomo,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 97-33648 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]
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