    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [March 19, 2002]
    [Pages 757-758]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the National Archives and
    Records Administration
    March 19, 2002

    Memorandum for the Archivist of the United States

    Subject: Designation of Officers of the National Archives and Records
    Administration

        By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution
    and the laws of the United States of America and pursuant to the Federal
    Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., I hereby order
    that:
        Section 1. Order of Succession.
        During any period when both the Archivist of the United States
    (Archivist) and the Deputy Archivist of the United States (Deputy
    Archivist) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform
    the functions and duties of the office of Archivist, the following
    officers of the National Archives and Records Administration, in the
    order listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of
    Archivist, if they are eligible to act as Archivist under the provisions
    of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time as the
    Archivist or Deputy Archivist is able to perform the functions and
    duties of the office of Archivist:
        Assistant Archivist for Administrative Services;
        Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and Information Services;
        Assistant Archivist for Records Services, Washington, D.C.;
        Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services;
        Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries;
        Director, Office of the Federal Register;
        Director, National Personnel Records Center; and
        Director, Jimmy Carter Library.
        Sec. 2. Exceptions.
        (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 in
    an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Archivist
    pursuant to this memorandum.
        (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President
    retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the Federal Vacancies
    Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., to depart from this
    memorandum in designating an acting Archivist.

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on May 9.

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