[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 66193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31943]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4430-D-01]


Order of Succession

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Deputy Secretary for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for 
the Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, 
and revokes all prior Orders of Succession for this office.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 19, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John P. Opitz, Assistant General 
Counsel for Procurement and Administrative Law, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Room 10176, 451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20410, (202) 708-0622. (This is not a toll-free number). This 
number may be accessed via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339. (Toll-free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Deputy Secretary for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary when, by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office, the Assistant Secretary is not available to exercise 
the powers or perform the duties of the office.
    Accordingly, the Deputy Secretary designates the following Order of 
Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office, the Assistant Secretary is not available to exercise 
the powers or perform the duties of the Office of Assistant Secretary 
for Policy Development and Research, the following are hereby 
designated to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Office:
    (1) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development;
    (2) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation, and 
Monitoring;
    (3) General Deputy Assistant Secretary;
    (4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.
    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
Office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all the other officials, whose position titles precede his/hers 
in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office.

Section B. Authority Revoked

    The Order of Succession revokes all prior Orders of Succession of 
the Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.

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

    Dated: November 19, 1998.
Saul Ramirez,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31943 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am]
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