[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 58241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15646]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 479-2]


Delegation of the Authority of the Assistant Secretary for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs To Invoke the Deliberative-Process Privilege

ACTION: Delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: The State Department is publishing a Delegation of Authority 
signed by Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs on July 
10, 2024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, signed the following ``Delegation of 
Authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretaries, for Western Hemisphere 
Affairs'' on July 10, 2024. The State Department maintains the original 
document.

(Begin text.)
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Secretary of State 
in Delegation of Authority No. 479, dated December 17, 2019, and to the 
extent authorized by law, I hereby re-delegate to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretaries of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs the authority to 
assert the deliberative-process privilege in judicial and 
administrative proceedings.
    Nothing in this delegation of authority shall be deemed to 
supersede or otherwise affect any other delegation of authority. This 
delegation shall expire upon the entry upon duty of a subsequently 
appointed or designated Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, unless sooner revoked.
    This document will be published in the Federal Register.

(End text.)

Kevin E. Bryant,
Deputy Director, Office of Directives Management, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-15646 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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