[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17228-17229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6541]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of Inspector General


Succession and Delegations of Authority

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On July 19, 2004, USDA Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong, 
pursuant to authority vested in her by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act 
(5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d) and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App. 3), issued IG-1313, Change 6, Succession and Delegations of 
Authority. This directive is a revised Succession and Delegations of 
Authority for the Office of Inspector General. This directive has been 
revised to show the lines of succession and delegation and clarifies 
procedures to be followed in the event the Office of Inspector General 
(OIG) headquarters must be relocated. This directive provides guidance 
on the transfer of functions and duties of the Inspector General (IG), 
as well as other OIG central management functions, regardless of what 
events necessitate such transfer.

DATES: This notice is effective June 6, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Gray, Counsel to the 
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Room 41-W, Washington, DC 20250-2308, Telephone: (202) 
720-9110, Facsimile: (202) 690-1528, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OIG proposes revising the Succession and 
Delegations of Authority for the Office of Inspector General by 
publishing a detailed sequence of succession within the Washington, DC 
headquarters, followed by a detailed sequence of succession by Region 
and position, i.e., Regional Inspector General (RIG) and Special Agent-
in-Charge (SAC), for each OIG Region outside the Washington, DC area. 
This action is taken pursuant to authority vested in the Inspector 
General by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d) and 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3).
    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Succession and Delegations 
of Authority IG-1313, Change 5, is hereby revised to effect a 
delegation of authority and provide a line of succession from the 
Inspector General as follows:
    I. Pursuant to authority vested in me by the Federal Vacancies 
Reform Act (5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d) and the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App. 3), in the event of the resignation, death, or reasons 
that make the Inspector General (IG), United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) otherwise unable to perform the duties of the 
position, the officials designated below, in the order indicated, and 
in the absence of the specific designation of another official in 
writing by the Inspector General or the Acting Inspector General, are 
hereby authorized to and shall serve as Acting Inspector General. The 
designated officials shall perform the duties and are delegated the 
full authority and power ascribed to the Inspector General by law and 
regulation as well as those authorities delegated to the Inspector 
General by the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture:
    1. Deputy Inspector General;
    2. Assistant Inspector General for Audit (AIG/A);
    3. Assistant Inspector General for Investigations (AIG/I);
    4. Counsel to the Inspector General;

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    5. Assistant Inspector General for Policy Development and Resources 
Management (AIG/PD&RM);
    6. Assistant Inspector General for Planning and Special Projects 
(AIG/P&SP);
    7. Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit (DAIG/A), by 
seniority;
    8. Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations (DAIG/I), 
by seniority;
    9. In Headquarters, Washington, DC, in the following order: The 
Audit Division Director (DD), by seniority, followed by the Special 
Agent-in-Charge (SAC), by seniority;
    In the following order by region: The Regional Inspector General 
(RIG), followed by the Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC):
    10. Great Plains Region, Kansas City, MO;
    11. Financial and IT Operations, Kansas City, MO;
    12. Southwest Region, Temple, TX;
    13. Northeast Region, Beltsville, MD;
    14. Southeast Region, Atlanta, GA;
    15. Midwest Region, Chicago, IL; or
    16. Western Region, San Francisco, CA.
    II. Anyone designated by the Inspector General as acting in one of 
the positions listed above remains in the line of succession; 
otherwise, the authority moves to the next position.
    III. This delegation is not in derogation of any authority residing 
in the above officials relating to the operations of their respective 
programs, nor does it affect the validity of any delegations currently 
in force and effect and not specifically cited as revoked or revised 
herein.
    IV. The authorities delegated herein may not be redelegated.

    Dated: March 22, 2005.
Phyllis K. Fong,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 05-6541 Filed 4-4-05; 8:45 am]
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