[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 18 (Monday, May 9, 2005)]
[Pages 757-758]
[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

May 5, 2005

 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. 3345 et seq., I hereby order 
that:
    Section 1. Order of Succession.

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    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:
     General Counsel;
     Chief of Staff;
     Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison;
     Director, Office of Congressional Relations;
     Associate Director, Human Resources Products and Services;
     Associate Director for Management;
     Associate Director, Strategic Human Resources Policy;
     Chief Financial Officer;
     Associate Director, Human Capital Leadership and Merit Systems 
      Accountability;
     Deputy Associate Director, Center for Investigations Services; and
     Director, Federal Executive Institute.
    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. Prior Memorandum Superceded.
    This memorandum supercedes the Presidential Memorandum of March 11, 
2003, entitled, ``Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel 
Management to Act as Director of the Office of Personnel Management.''
    Sec. 4. Publication.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this memorandum.