[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18025-18026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06490]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6223-D-01]


Delegation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of the 
Inspector General

AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice updates the delegation of authority of the Office 
of Inspector General to require by subpoena the production of all 
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, 
and other data in any medium (including electronically stored 
information, as well as any tangible thing) and documentary evidence 
necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the Inspector 
General Act to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors 
General, and the Counsel to the Inspector General. This notice also 
redelegates to the above-mentioned officials and Deputy Assistant 
Inspectors General, Special Agents in Charge, Audit Directors, 
Assistant Audit Directors, and Directors within the Office of 
Evaluation the authority of the Inspector General to cause the seal of 
the Department to be affixed to certain documents and to certify that a 
copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true 
copy of that in the files of the Department. This notice also delegates 
the authority to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector 
General for Investigation, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for 
Investigation, the Special Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the 
Inspector General to request information.

DATES: March 22, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura Malone, Counsel to the Inspector 
General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 708-1613. (This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice supersedes the delegation of 
authority published October 4, 2010. 75 FR 61166.
    Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
app.) authorizes the Inspector General to require by subpoena the 
production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, 
accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including 
electronically stored information, as well as any tangible thing) and 
documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions 
assigned by the Inspector General Act. This notice delegates this 
authority to issue subpoenas from the Inspector General to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, and the Counsel to 
the Inspector General.
    This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned officials the 
authority delegated to the Inspector General by the Secretary of HUD in 
the Delegation of Authority published on July 15, 2003, 68 FR 41840, 
which delegated to various officials, including the Inspector General, 
the authority to cause the seal of the Department to be affixed to 
certain documents and to certify that a copy of any book, record, 
paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in the files 
of the Department.
    Section 552a(b)(7) authorizes the Inspector General to request 
information protected by the Privacy Act for a civil or criminal law 
enforcement activity. This notice delegates to the Deputy

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Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, 
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special 
Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the 
authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7).
    The Inspector General has not limited her authority to issue 
subpoenas or to affix the Departmental seal and certify copies of 
records, or to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a by this 
delegation or redelegation. Also, this delegation and redelegation of 
authority prohibits further delegation or redelegation.
    Accordingly, the Inspector General delegates and redelegates as 
follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated and Redelegated

    The HUD Inspector General delegates to the Deputy Inspector 
General, the Assistant Inspectors General, and the Counsel to the 
Inspector General, who re-delegates and retains authority to the Deputy 
Counsel, the authority to require by subpoena the production of all 
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, 
and other data in any medium (including electronically stored 
information, as well as any tangible thing) and documentary evidence 
necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the Inspector 
General Act pursuant to Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978.
    Additionally, the Inspector General redelegates to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Audit 
Directors, the Assistant Audit Directors, and the Directors within the 
Office of Evaluation, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the 
authority under the delegation of authority published July 15, 2003, 68 
FR 41840, to cause the seal of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to be affixed to such documents as may require its 
application and to certify that a copy of any book, record, paper, 
microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in the files of the 
Department.
    Additionally, the Inspector General delegates to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, 
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special 
Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the 
authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7).

Section B. No Further Delegation or Redelegation

    The authority delegated and redelegated in Section A above may not 
be further delegated or redelegated.

Section C. Delegation of Authority Superseded

    This delegation supersedes the previous delegation of authority 
published in the Federal Register October 4, 2010. 75 FR 61166.
    Authority: Section 6(a)(4), Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.); Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(d)); Delegation of Authority, July 15, 2003, 68 FR 
41840; 5 U.S.C. 552a.

Valeria Oliver Davis,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 2022-06490 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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