[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)]
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 Designations of Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement 
Executive and Delegation of Procurement Authority and Chief Acquisition 
Officer Functions; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5701-D-01]


Designations of Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement 
Executive

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of designations and delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, as amended, authorizes the Secretary to delegate 
functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary deems necessary. In this 
notice the Secretary of HUD designates the Deputy Secretary as the 
Chief Acquisition Officer and designates the Chief Procurement Officer 
as the Senior Procurement Executive.

DATES: Effective Date: July 24, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa D. Maguire, Assistant Chief 
Procurement Officer for Policy and Systems, Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street SW., Room 5276, Washington, DC 20410-3000; telephone number 
202-708-0294 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or 
speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice includes the Department's 
designations of the Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement 
Executive. Previously, the designations were set forth in a Federal 
Register notice published on August 30, 2011 (76 FR 53936). 
Accordingly, the Secretary hereby revokes the August 30, 2011, 
designations and designates as follows:

Section A. Designation of Chief Acquisition Officer

    1. The Deputy Secretary is designated to serve as the Department's 
Chief Acquisition Officer. Functions of the Chief Acquisition Officer 
are outlined at 41 U.S.C. 414. If the Deputy Secretary position is 
vacant, the Senior Procurement Executive will perform all of the duties 
and functions of the Chief Acquisition Officer.
    2. The authority of the Chief Acquisition Officer includes the 
authority to redelegate any of the duties and functions of the Chief 
Acquisition Officer to the Senior Procurement Executive. Such 
delegations will be made via separate notice published in the Federal 
Register. Any functions not delegated to the Senior Procurement 
Executive remain with the Chief Acquisition Officer.

Section B. Designation of Senior Procurement Executive

    1. The Chief Procurement Officer is designated as the Department's 
Senior Procurement Executive.
    2. The Senior Procurement Executive shall report directly to the 
Deputy Secretary, without intervening authority, for all procurement-
related matters.
    3. The authority of the Senior Procurement Executive includes the 
authority to redelegate the duties and functions of the Senior 
Procurement Executive.

Section C. Authority Superseded

    This designation revokes and supersedes all previous designations 
concerning the Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement 
Executive.

    Authority:  41 U.S.C. 414; section 7(d) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

    Dated: July 24, 2013.
Shaun Donovan,
Secretary.
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