[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73984-73985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30754]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5544-D-02]


Order of Succession for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity designates the Order of Succession for the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. This Order of Succession supersedes 
all previous Orders of Succession for the Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity.

DATES: Effective Date: November 16, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everard B. Mattox, Administrative 
Officer, Resource Management Division, Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, Department of Housing

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and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 5124, Washington DC 
20410, telephone number (202) 708-2701. (This is not a toll-free 
number.) This number may be accessed through TTY by calling the toll-
free Federal Relay Service at 1-(800)-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is issuing this Order of Succession 
of officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity when, by reason of 
absence, disability, or vacancy in office, the Assistant Secretary for 
the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 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 
previous Orders of Succession for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity 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 for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development is not available to exercise the powers or perform the 
duties of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity, the following officials within the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity are hereby designated to exercise the 
powers and perform the duties of the Office, including the authority to 
waive regulations:
    (1) General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity;
    (2) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs;
    (3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Management;
    (4) Director, Office of Policy, Legislative Initiatives and 
Outreach;
    (5) Director, Office of Enforcement;
    (6) Director, Office of Programs; and
    (7) Director, Office of Management, Planning and Budget.
    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 previous Orders of 
Succession for the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.

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

    Dated: November 16, 2011.
John Trasvi[ntilde]a,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
[FR Doc. 2011-30754 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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