[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 3493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00825]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 550]


Classification Authority Acting Under the Direction of the Senior 
Agency Official

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Senior Agency 
Official designated under section 5.4 of the Executive Order on 
Classified National Security Information (E.O. 13526), and by authority 
delegated to me by the Secretary of State pursuant to Delegation of 
Authority 514, dated April 20, 2021, I hereby authorize and direct the 
following individuals to classify or reclassify information consistent 
with the circumstances and procedures described in section 1.7(d) of 
E.O. 13526: the Assistant Secretary for Administration (A), the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Global Information Services (DAS for A/GIS) and 
the Director of the Office of Information Programs and Services (A/GIS/
IPS). This authority delegated herein may be re-delegated, to the 
extent consistent with law. The Under Secretary for Management will 
approve (by Action Memo) any such re-delegation of authority.
    As prescribed in section 1.7(d) of E.O. 13526, this authority shall 
be exercised on a document-by-document basis only as to information 
that has not been previously released to the public under proper 
authority, and only if such classification meets the requirements of 
E.O. 13526. The official exercising this authority shall do so under 
the policy direction of the Under Secretary for Management.
    Any actions related to the functions described herein that may have 
been taken by the officials designated herein prior to the date of this 
delegation are hereby confirmed and ratified. Such actions shall remain 
in force as if taken under this delegation of authority, unless or 
until such actions are rescinded, amended, or superseded.
    This delegation of authority supersedes Delegation of Authority 
393, dated March 10, 2016. This document shall be published in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: July 12, 2023.
John R. Bass,
Under Secretary for Management, Department of State.

    Editorial Note: This document was received for publication by 
the Office of the Federal Register on January 11, 2024.
[FR Doc. 2024-00825 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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