[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44353-44354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19122]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-43]


Order of Succession for the Office of Policy Development and 
Research

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of order of succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 
and Research designates the Order of Succession for the Office of 
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. This Order of 
Succession supersedes the Order of Succession for the Office of Policy 
and Development, published on December 1, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 8, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn B. Newkirk, Director, Management 
and Administrative Services, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 8228, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-
6000, telephone (202) 708-1812. (This is not a toll-free number.) 
Persons with hearing- or speech-impairments may access this number 
through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service 
at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Policy 
Development and Research is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the duties and functions 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. This Order of 
Succession is subject to the provisions of the Vacancy Reform Act of 
1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d). This publication supersedes the Order of 
Succession notice on December 1, 1998 (63 FR 66193).
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research designates the following Order of Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provision of the Vacancy Reform Act of 1998, during 
any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in 
office, the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research is 
not available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, 
the following officials within the Office of Policy Development and 
Research are hereby designated to exercise the powers and perform the 
duties of the Office:
    (1) General Deputy Assistant Secretary.
    (2) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.
    (3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation, and 
Monitoring.
    (4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
    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 or 
hers in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, 
or vacancy in office.

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Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes the Order of Succession for the 
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, published on 
December 1, 1998 (63 FR 66193).

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

    Dated: July 8, 2003.
Alberto F. Trevi[ntilde]o,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 03-19122 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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