[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2016)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 54715-54716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19726]


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                Memorandum of August 12, 2016

                
Designation of Officers of the Office of 
                Personnel Management To Act as Director of the Office 
                of Personnel Management

                Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
                1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), 
                it is hereby ordered that:

                Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the 
                provisions of section 2 of this memorandum and to the 
                limitations set forth in the Act, the following 
                officials of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 
                in the order listed, shall act as and perform the 
                functions and duties of the Director of OPM (Director) 
                during any period in which both the Director and the 
                Deputy Director of OPM have died, resigned, or 
                otherwise become unable to perform the functions and 
                duties of the office of Director:

                    (a) General Counsel;
                    (b) Chief of Staff;
                    (c) Chief Management Officer;
                    (d) Chief Financial Officer;
                    (e) Associate Director, Employee Services;
                    (f) Associate Director, Retirement Services; and
                    (g) Other Associate Directors in the order in which 
                they have been appointed as such.

                Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in 
                an office listed in section 1(a)-(g) in an acting 
                capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as 
                Director pursuant to this memorandum.

                    (b) No individual listed in section 1(a)-(g) shall 
                act as Director unless that individual is otherwise 
                eligible to so serve under the Act.
                    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this 
                memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the 
                extent permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum 
                in designating an acting Director.

                Sec. 3. Revocation. Presidential Memorandum of May 21, 
                2012 (Designation of Officers of the Office of 
                Personnel Management to Act as Director of the Office 
                of Personnel Management), is hereby revoked.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) This memorandum is not 
                intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 
                substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in 
                equity by any party against the United States, its 
                departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 
                employees, or agents, or any other person.

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                    (b) You are authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, August 12, 2016

[FR Doc. 2016-19726
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