[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 182 (Friday, September 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58331-58332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20522]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of Inspector General


Succession, Delegations of Authority, and Signature Authorities

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General (OIG), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On June 24, 2020, pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act 
of 1998 and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General (IG) Phyllis K. Fong 
issued C-20-001-1313, Revision of Succession Order and Delegation of 
Authority. The bulletin revised the succession order and delegation 
authorities described in IG-1313, Change 8, Succession, Delegations of 
Authority, and Signature Authorities, which provides guidance on the 
transfer of functions and duties of the IG, as well as other OIG 
central management functions, regardless of what events necessitate 
such transfer. This publication supersedes the USDA OIG's prior notice 
of succession order.

DATES: The revised bulletin referenced in this notice was issued on 
June 24, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christy A. Slamowitz, Counsel to the 
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, Room 441-E, Washington, DC 20250-2308, Telephone: (202) 720-
9110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA OIG is issuing this notice to publish 
an updated line of succession and delegations of authority within USDA 
OIG. This publication supersedes the prior notice of succession order 
for USDA OIG published at 81 FR 87531 (December 5, 2016). Accordingly, 
pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345-
3349d) and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 
3), the IG has designated the detailed sequence of succession as 
follows:

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    I. During any period in which the USDA IG, dies, resigns, or is 
otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office, and 
unless the President shall designate another officer to perform the 
functions and duties of the position, the Deputy IG, as the designated 
first assistant to the IG, shall temporarily perform the IG's functions 
and duties in an acting capacity, pursuant to and subject to the 
Federal Vacancies Reform Act (5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d). However, the Deputy 
IG does not become the acting IG if, during the 365-day period 
preceding the IG's death, resignation, or the beginning of the period 
in which the IG is unable to serve, the Deputy IG served as Deputy IG 
for less than 90 days and the President has nominated that Deputy IG as 
the new IG. In the absence of the IG and Deputy IG, the officials 
designated below, in the order listed, shall become the acting Deputy 
IG and so shall temporarily perform the functions and duties of the IG. 
This order may be changed by a delegation in writing from the IG, or by 
the Deputy IG while acting in the absence of the IG:
    1. Assistant IG for Audit (AIG/A);
    2. Assistant IG for Investigations (AIG/I);
    3. Assistant IG for Analytics and Innovation (AIG/AI);
    4. Assistant IG for Management (AIG/M);
    5. Counsel to the IG;
    6. Deputy Assistant IG for Audit (DAIG/A), by seniority;
    7. Deputy Assistant IG for Investigations (DAIG/I);
    8. Deputy Assistant IG for Analytics and Innovation (DAIG/AI); The 
following officials for the listed locations in the following order:
    9. Audit Directors, by seniority, then Investigations Director, 
Technical Crimes Division--Kansas City, Missouri;
    10. Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC)--Temple, Texas;
    11. Audit Director--Beltsville, Maryland;
    12. SAC--New York, New York;
    13. Audit Director, then SAC--Oakland, California;
    14. Audit Director, then SAC--Atlanta, Georgia;
    15. Audit Director, then SAC--Chicago, Illinois;
    16. Director, Office of Compliance and Integrity;
    17. Director, Office of Diversity and Conflict Resolution.
    II. For purposes of this order of succession, a designated official 
is a person holding a permanent appointment to the position. Persons 
filling positions in an acting capacity do not substitute for officials 
holding a permanent appointment to a position. If a position is vacant 
or an official occupying the position on a permanent basis is absent or 
unavailable, authority passes to the next available official occupying 
a position in the order of succession.
    III. This delegation is not in derogation of any authority residing 
in the above officials relating to the operation of their respective 
programs, nor does it affect the validity of any delegations currently 
in force and effect and not specifically cited as revoked or revised 
herein.
    IV. The authorities delegated herein may not be re-delegated.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d; 5 U.S.C. app. 3.

    Dated: September 11, 2020.
Phyllis K. Fong,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 2020-20522 Filed 9-17-20; 8:45 am]
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