[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61285-61286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24250]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6299-D-01]


Delegation of Authority for the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary of HUD, pursuant to the Chief 
Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act), which established the 
position of the Chief Financial Officer within HUD, is delegating 
authority to the Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial 
Officer for certain responsibilities with respect to the financial 
management activities, systems, and operations of the Department.

DATES: Applicable Date: October 29, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John B. Shumway, Assistant General 
Counsel, Administrative Law Division, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, at 451 7th Street SW, Room 9262; Washington, DC 20410-0500 
or telephone number 1-202-402-5190 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number 
through TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 
(this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary is delegating to the Chief 
Financial Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer those 
responsibilities enumerated in the CFO Act (31 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), and 
HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 108-7, approved 
February 20, 2003), relating to the financial management activities 
related to the programs and operation of HUD.
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary hereby delegates the following responsibilities, 
functions, and duties to the Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy 
Chief Financial Officer:
    1. To serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary on financial 
management;
    2. To supervise, coordinate, and establish policies to govern all 
financial management activities and operations of the Department 
consistent with the requirements of law and regulation; to oversee the 
development, administration, and coordination of the financial and 
accounting functions of the Department; and to issue such policies and 
directives as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the Chief 
Financial Officer;
    3. To develop and maintain a financial management system for the 
Department (including accounting and related transaction systems; 
internal control systems; financial reporting systems; and credit, cash 
and debt management systems). To coordinate systems for audit 
compliance with external organizations that have responsibilities for 
the use and

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management of funds and other resources for which the Department has 
responsibility;
    4. To provide direction to ensure the Department's compliance with 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Government Accountability Office 
(GAO), Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and legislative 
accounting and financial management requirements; and to strengthen 
internal accounting and administrative controls to prevent waste, 
fraud, and abuse in Federal programs;
    5. To assist in the financial execution of the Department's budget 
in relation to actual expenditures and to prepare timely performance 
reports for senior managers;
    6. To develop, maintain, and revise an annual plan to bring the 
financial management systems of the Department into full compliance 
with established policies and standards and to oversee execution of the 
plan; and to estimate resource requirements for the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer for inclusion in the Department's budget requests;
    7. To coordinate with the Inspector General to ensure that all 
Department financial activities are regularly audited, and to ensure 
that adopted recommendations related to Department financial management 
issues are promptly implemented;
    8. To be responsible for the financial management needs of the 
Department, to report to the Congress and to external agencies such as 
OMB, the Treasury and the GAO on financial management performance, 
Department financial statements, and other information requests 
required by law and regulation, and to develop and maintain a 
departmental financial management information system;
    9. To provide policy direction and guidance to the designated 
Comptrollers of principal Department organizational components, 
including the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and Government 
National Mortgage Association (GNMA), as well as other departmental 
staff, with respect to financial management policies, standards, and 
responsibilities;
    10. To process and sign Apportionments/Reapportionments Schedules 
and Advice of Allotments in accordance with applicable OMB Circulars;
    11. Where not inconsistent with regulations pertaining to 
proceedings before administrative judges, to establish and maintain 
policies and procedures for claims collection and coordinate claims 
collection activities in the field offices and at Headquarters;
    12. To appoint Disbursement and Certifying Officers to approve the 
disbursal of agency funds;
    13. To serve as advisor to the Secretary and to other departmental 
officials in matters relating to budget formulation and execution, and 
to advise and assist program offices in their budgetary 
responsibilities and appraise the effectiveness of these activities; 
advise on budget and fiscal implications of policy and legislative 
proposals; and administer the issuance of staff ceilings and monitor 
staff usage in the Department;
    14. To continue to ensure that HUD offices have an adequate system 
of funds control, including working with such offices to strengthen 
such controls to prevent or mitigate any potential Anti-deficiency Act 
(31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) violations; and
    15. To implement and administer the Emergency Homeowners' Loan 
Program within the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), in cooperation with HUD's Office of Policy 
Development and Research and HUD's Office of Housing.
    The Secretary may revoke any discretionary authority authorized 
herein, in whole or part, at any time.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority delegated in this Notice does not include the 
authority to sue and be sued. The authority delegated to the Deputy 
Chief Financial Officer herein does not include the authority to issue 
and waive regulations.

Section C. Authority To Redelegate

    The Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer 
are authorized to retain or redelegate authorities delegated under 
Section A above to the Assistant Chief Financial Officers in the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer, with the exception of the authority to 
issue and waive regulations.

Section D. Authority Superseded

    This delegation supersedes all prior delegations of authority from 
the Secretary to the Chief Financial Officer and to the Deputy Chief 
Financial Officer.
    Authority: Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

    Dated: October 29, 2021.
Marcia L. Fudge,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-24250 Filed 11-4-21; 8:45 am]
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