[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7775-7776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2826]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5076-D-17]


Delegation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of the 
Inspector General

AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice updates the delegation of authority of the Office 
of the Inspector General to require by subpoena the production of all 
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, 
and other data and documentary evidence necessary in the performance of 
the functions assigned by the Inspector General Act to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the 
Regional Inspectors General for Audit, and the Directors within the 
Office of Audit. This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned 
officials the authority of the Inspector General to cause the seal of 
the Department to be affixed to certain documents and to certify that a 
copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true 
copy of that in the files of the Department. This notice also delegates 
the authority to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector 
General for Investigation, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for 
Investigation, and the Special Agents in Charge, to request information 
under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 12, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Saddler, Counsel to the 
Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8260, 
Washington, DC 20410-4500, telephone (202) 708-1613. (These are not 
toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.) authorizes the Inspector General to require by 
subpoena the production of all information, documents, reports, 
answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary 
evidence necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the 
Inspector General Act. This notice delegates this authority to issue 
subpoenas from the Inspector General to the Deputy Inspector General, 
the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors 
General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Regional Inspectors General 
for Audit, and the Directors within the Office of Audit.
    This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned officials the 
authority delegated to the Inspector General by the Secretary of HUD in 
the Delegation of Authority published on July 15, 2003, at 68 FR 41840, 
which delegated to various officials, including the Inspector General, 
the authority to cause the seal of the Department to be affixed to 
certain documents and to certify that a copy of any book, record, 
paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in the files 
of the Department.
    Section 552a(b)(7) authorizes the Inspector General to request 
information protected by the Privacy Act for a civil or criminal law 
enforcement activity. This notice delegates to the Deputy Inspector 
General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, and the Special Agents 
in Charge, the authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. section 
552a(b)(7).

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    The Inspector General has not limited his authority to issue 
subpoenas or to affix the Departmental seal and certify copies of 
records, or to request information under 5 U.S.C. Sec.  552a by this 
delegation or redelegation. Also, this delegation and redelegation of 
authority prohibits further delegation or redelegation.
    Accordingly, the Inspector General delegates and redelegates as 
follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated and Redelegated

    The HUD Inspector General delegates to the Deputy Inspector 
General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy Assistant 
Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Regional 
Inspectors General for Audit and the Directors within the Office of 
Audit, the authority to require by subpoena the production of all 
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, 
and other data and documentary evidence necessary in the performance of 
the functions assigned by the Inspector General Act pursuant to Section 
6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 1978.
    Additionally, the Inspector General redelegates to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the 
Regional Inspectors General for Audit and the Directors within the 
Office of Audit, the authority under the delegation of authority 
published at 68 FR 41840 (July 15, 2003) to cause the seal of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to be affixed to such 
documents as may require its application and to certify that a copy of 
any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of 
that in the files of the Department.
    Additionally, the Inspector General delegates to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, 
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, and the 
Special Agents in Charge, the authority to request information under 5 
U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).

 Section B. No Further Delegation or Redelegation

    The authority delegated and redelegated in Section A above may not 
be further delegated or redelegated.

    Authority: Section 6(a)(4), Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.); Section 7(d), Department of HUD Act (42 U.S.C. 
3535(d)); Delegation of Authority, April 15, 1987, at 52 FR 12259; 5 
U.S.C. section 552a.

    Dated: February 12, 2007.
Kenneth M. Donohue,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. E7-2826 Filed 2-16-07; 8:45 am]
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