    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [March 19, 2002]
    [Pages 756-757]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the General Services
    Administration
    March 19, 2002

    Memorandum for the Administrator of General Services

    Subject: Designation of Officers of the General Services 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 Administrator of General Services
    (Administrator) and the Deputy Administrator of General Services (Deputy
    Administrator) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to
    perform the functions and duties of the office of Administrator, the
    following officers of the General Services Administration, in the order
    listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of
    Administrator, if they are eligible to act as Administrator under the
    provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time
    as the Administrator or Deputy Administrator is able to perform the
    functions and duties of the office of Administrator:
        Chief of Staff;
        Commissioner, Public Buildings Service;
        Chief Financial Officer; and
        Assistant Regional Administrator, Public Buildings Service, Greater
            Southwest Region (Fort Worth, Texas).
        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 Administrator
    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.

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    3345 et seq., to depart from this memorandum in designating an acting
    Administrator.

                                                              George W. Bush

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