[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 64364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26910]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5556-D-02]


Order of Succession for the Office of Community Planning and 
Development

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
and Development designates the Order of Succession for the Office of 
Community Planning and Development. This Order of Succession supersedes 
all prior Orders of Succession for the Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development, including the notice published on 
October 18, 2006.

DATES: Effective Date: October 4, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David H. Enzel, Director, Office of 
Technical Assistance and Management, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 7228, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone number 202-402-5557. (This is not a toll-free number.) This 
number may be accessed via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 
800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary is issuing this 
Order of Succession of officials authorized to perform the functions 
and duties of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development 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 Federal Vacancies Reform 
Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d). This publication supersedes all 
prior Orders of Succession for the Office of Community Planning and 
Development, including the notice of October 18, 2006 (71 FR 61499).
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary designates the following Order 
of Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998, during any period 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 Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development, the following officials within the 
Office of Community Planning and Development are hereby designated to 
exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Office, including the 
authority to waive regulations:
    (1) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs.
    (2) General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
    (3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations.
    (4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs.
    (5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic 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/hers 
in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office.

Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes all prior Orders of Succession 
for the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, 
including the notice published at 71 FR 61499 (October 18, 2006).

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

    Dated: October 4, 2011.
Mercedes M. M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-26910 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
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