[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 28773-28774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10106]


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                Memorandum of May 5, 2005

                
Designation of Officers of the Office of 
                Personnel Management to Act as Director of the Office 
                of Personnel Management

                Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management

                By the authority vested in me as President under the 
                Constitution and laws of the United States of America 
                and pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
                1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., I hereby order that:

                Section 1. Order of Succession.

                During any period when the Director of the Office of 
                Personnel Management (Director), or the Deputy Director 
                of the Office of Personnel Management, has died, 
                resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the 
                functions and duties of the office of Director, the 
                following officers of the Office of Personnel 
                Management, in the order listed, shall perform the 
                functions and duties of the office of Director, if they 
                are eligible to act as Director under the provisions of 
                the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such 
                time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is 
                able to perform the functions and duties of the office 
                of Director:

General Counsel;

Chief of Staff;

Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison;

Director, Office of Congressional Relations;

Associate Director, Human Resources Products and Services;

Associate Director for Management;

Associate Director, Strategic Human Resources Policy;

Chief Financial Officer;

Associate Director, Human Capital Leadership and Merit Systems 
Accountability;

Deputy Associate Director, Center for Investigations Services; and

Director, Federal Executive Institute.

                Sec. 2. Exceptions.

(a)

 No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 in an acting 
capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Director pursuant to this 
memorandum.

(b)

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President retains 
discretion, to the extent permitted by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d, to depart from this memorandum in designating an 
acting Director.

                Sec. 3. Prior Memorandum Superceded.

                This memorandum supercedes the Presidential Memorandum 
                of March 11, 2003, entitled, ``Designation of Officers 
                of the Office of Personnel Management to Act as 
                Director of the Office of Personnel Management.''

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                Sec. 4. Publication.

                You are authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, May 5, 2005.

[FR Doc. 05-10106
Filed 5-18-05; 8:45 am]
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