    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [March 19, 2002]
    [Pages 758-759]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel
    Management
    March 19, 2002

    Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management

    Subject: Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel Management

        By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution
    and the laws of the United States of America, including 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 Director of the Office of Personnel
    Management (Director) and the Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel
    Management (Deputy Director) have died, resigned, or otherwise become
    unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Director,
    the following officers of the Office of Personnel Management, in the
    order listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of
    Director, if they are eligible to act as Director under the provisions
    of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time as the
    Director or Deputy Director is able to perform the functions and duties
    of the office of Director:
        Chief of Staff;
        General Counsel;
        Associate Director, Retirement and Insurance Service;
        Associate Director, Office of Merit Systems Oversight and
            Effectiveness;
        Associate Director, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service;
        Associate Director, Employment Service;
        Associate Director, Investigations Service;
        Director, Office of Executive and Management Development
            (Charlottesville, Virginia);
        Chief, Atlanta Oversight Division, Office of Merit Systems Oversight
            and Effectiveness; and
        Assistant Director for Operations, Investigations Service (Boyers,
            Pennsylvania).
        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 Director
    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 Director.

                                                              George W. Bush

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

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