[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 18 (Thursday, January 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 5207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1941]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 320]


Re-Delegation From the Deputy Secretary of State of Certain 
Authorities Vested in the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and 
Public Affairs

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
laws of the United States, including the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, and delegated to me by Delegation of Authority 
245, dated April 23, 2001, I hereby delegate to the following officials 
to the extent authorized by law all authorities vested in the Under 
Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, including 
all authorities vested in the Secretary of State that have been or may 
be delegated or redelegated to that Under Secretary:
    (1) To the Deputy Spokesman, Bureau of Public Affairs, insofar as 
these authorities relate to the responsibilities of the Bureau of 
Public Affairs;
    (2) To the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Educational and Cultural Affairs, insofar as these authorities relate 
to the responsibilities of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, including responsibilities with respect to the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts and the President's Committee on the 
Arts and the Humanities; and
    (3) To the Coordinator for International Information Programs, 
insofar as these authorities relate to the responsibilities of the 
Bureau of International Information Programs, including 
responsibilities with respect to the National Endowment for Democracy 
and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
    Any authorities covered by this delegation are also hereby 
delegated to the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, the 
Under Secretary for Political Affairs and the Under Secretary for 
Management, and may also be exercised by the Secretary and the Deputy 
Secretary. Nothing in this delegation of authority shall be deemed to 
supersede any existing delegation of authority, which shall remain in 
full force and effect during and after this delegation.
    This delegation shall become effective at noon on January 20, 2009, 
and shall expire upon the appointment and entry upon duty of a 
subsequently appointed individual to serve as Under Secretary of State 
for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
    This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: January 16, 2009.
John D. Negroponte,
Deputy Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. E9-1941 Filed 1-28-09; 8:45 am]
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