[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 11 (Monday, March 17, 2003)]
[Page 314]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel 
Management To Act as Director of the Office of Personnel Management

March 11, 2003

Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management

Subject: Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel Management 
to Act as Director of the Office of Personnel Management

    By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution 
and laws of the United States of America and pursuant to the Federal 
Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 345 et seq., I hereby order that:
    Section 1. Order of Succession.
    During any period when the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management (Director), or the Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, has 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 at least one of the 
officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of 
the office of Director:
    Chief of Staff;
    General Counsel;
    Associate Director, Management and Chief Financial Officer;
    Associate Director, Human Resources Policy;
    Associate Director, Human Resources Products and Services;
    Associate Director, Human Capital Leadership and Merit Systems 
      Accountability;
    Deputy Associate Director, Center for Investigations Services;
    Director, Office of Congressional Relations;
    Director, Office of Communications;
    Senior Advisor, Homeland Security; and
    Senior Advisor, Learning and Knowledge Management.
    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. 3345-3349d, to depart from this memorandum 
in designating an acting Director.
    Sec. 3. Publication.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 12, 
2003]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on March 13.