[Material Transmitted]{.underline}

None

[Material Superseded]{.underline}

HHS Instruction 432-1 Performance Based Reduction-in-Grade and removal

(Exception: Exhibit 432-l-A)

751-1 Official Reprimands

(Exception: Exhibit 751-1-A)

751-2 Admonishments

752-1 Adverse Actions

(Exception: Exhibit 752-l-A)

810-1 Management of the Injury Compensation Program

[Background]{.underline}

The Department of Health and Human Services Intra-Departmental committee
on Adverse Actions and Grievances (ICAAG), tasked with the development
and review of the Department\'s employee relations policy, formed a
subgroup to examine the viability of Instructions 432-1,751-1, 751-2,
752-1, and 810-1. The ICAAG, which consists of Employee Relations
Specialists throughout the Department, made the following
recommendations based on the subgroup\'s findings.

HHS Instruction 432-1 states the Department\'s supplementation of Part
432 of the Office of Personnel Management\'s (OPM) Regulations at 5 CFR
Part 432, Performance Based Reduction-in-Grade and Removal Actions. HHS
Instruction 751-1 sets forth the Department\'s requirements for issuing
Official Reprimands. HHS Instruction 751-2 clarifies that specific
delegations of authority to admonish employees are not necessary and the
Department has established no requirements for the use or issuance of
admonishments. HHS Instruction 752-1 covers removals, suspensions,
reductions in grade, reductions in pay, and furloughs of 30 days or
less; it serves as a supplement to 5 CFR Part 752. HHS Instruction 810-1
provides policies and procedures for managing provisions of the Federal
Employee\'s Compensation Act within the Department.

Consistent with the Department\'s continuous improvement initiatives,
and the recommendations of the ICAAG, the aforementioned instructions
are abolished except for the delegations of authority.

OPDIVs may establish in their organizations the appropriate criteria to
be used when addressing the issues covered by these instructions.

The abolishment of Instructions 432-1, 751-1, 751-2, 810-1 will be
effective June 1, 1995.

Thomas S. McFee

Assistant Secretary for

Personnel Administration

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH& HUMAN SERVICES

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**Memorandum**

Date AUG 11 1988

From Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration

Subject Delegation of Authority to Propose, Decide, and Concur in
Reductions in Grade and Removals Under HHS Personnel Instruction 432-1

To Heads of Operating Divisions

Regional Directors for Regions VI, VIII, IX, and X

1.  Under the authority vested in the Assistant Secretary for Personnel
    Administration by memorandum from the Secretary dated January 24,
    1983, I hereby delegate the authority to propose, decide, and concur
    in reductions in grade and removals under HHS Personnel Instruction
    432-1, Reduction in Grade and Removal Based on Unacceptable
    Performance, to Heads of Operating Divisions, including the
    Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget for the Office of the
    Secretary, for employees in their respective organizations,
    including employees in or under a regional office.

2.  This authority may be redelegate, and further redelegation may be
    authorized. A concurring official must be a different and higher
    level official than a deciding official for any reduction in grade
    or removal under this authority. Also, the addressees must state in
    their redelegations whether or not the authority to decide an action
    is to be exercised by the official authorized to propose the action
    or by a different and higher level official. All redelegations must
    be in writing and in accordance with the requirements of HHS
    Personnel Instruction 250-3 and Chapter 8-100 of the HHS General
    Administration Manual.

3.  I hereby delegate the authority cited above to the Regional
    Directors for Regions VI, VIII, X, and X for the personnel staffs of
    each Indian Health Service Area that has its Area Office in their
    respective regions. I hereby delegate the authority cited above to
    the Regional Director, Region VI, for the personnel staff of the
    Gillis W. Long Hansen\'s Disease Center. The authority for these
    personnel staffs must be redelegate and further redelegation
    authorized. Redelegations are to be from the Regional Directors to
    the Regional Personnel Officers or Regional Personnel Managers, who
    are to redelegate to the Indian Health Service Area Directors, and
    to the Director of the Gillis W. Long Hansen\'s Disease Center for
    the personnel staffs of those organizations.

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5.  Requirements and instructions for exercising this authority are
    contained in 5 CFR Part 432 as supplemented by HHS Personnel
    Instruction 432-1.

6.  This delegation is effective immediately. It supersedes the ASPER
    delegation memorandum of November 9, 1982, Subject: Delegation of
    Authority to Propose, Decide, and Concur in Reduction in Grade and
    Removals Under HHS Personnel Instruction 432-1. However, existing
    redelegations made under that memorandum that are consistent with
    the provisions of this delegation will continue in effect until new
    redelegations are made under the authority of this memorandum.

Thomas S. McFee

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH&HUMAN SERVICES (Office of the Secretary

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**Memorandum**

Date November 8, 1982

From Assistant Secretary for

Personnel Administration

Subject Delegation of Authority to Issue Official Reprimands

Under HHS Personnel Instruction 751-1

To Heads of HHS Operating Divisions

Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget

Director, Office of Child Support Enforcement

Under the authority vested in the Assistant Secretary for Personnel
Administration by memorandum from the Secretary dated March 11, 1966, as
modified by the Secretary\'s Reorganization Order of March 8, 1977, I
hereby delegate the authority to issue Official Reprimands under HHS
Personnel Instruction 751-1 to Heads of Operating Divisions, the
Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget for the Office of the
Secretary, and the Director, Office of Child Support Enforcement, for
employees in their respective organizations, including employees in or
under a regional office.

Requirements and instructions for exercising this authority are
contained in HHS Personnel Instruction 751-1, \"Official Reprimands .\"
This delegation is effective on January 1, 1983. It may be redelegate,
and further redelegation may be authorized. All delegations and
redelegations must be in writing, in memorandum format, and published as
supplements to the HHS Personnel Manual.

This delegation supersedes HHS Personnel Instruction 250-22, \"Authority
to Propose and Issue Official Reprimands,\" dated December S, 1973.
Existing redelegations made under that previous delegation will continue
in effect for 90 days from the effective date of this memorandum (i.e.,
through March 31, 1983).

Thomas S.McFee

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH& HUMAN SERVICES

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**Memorandum**

Date AUG 11 1988

From Assistant Secretary for

Personnel Administration

Subject Delegation of Authority to Propose and Decide on Adverse

Actions Under HHS Personnel Instruction 752-1

To Heads of Operating Divisions

Regional Directors for Regions VI, VIII, IX, and X

1.  Under the authority vested in the Assistant Secretary for Personnel
    Administration by memorandum from the Secretary dated January 24,
    1983, I hereby delegate the authority to propose and decide adverse
    actions under HHS Personnel Instruction 752-1, Adverse Actions, to
    Heads of Operating . Divisions, including the Assistant Secretary
    for Management and Budget for the Office of the Secretary, for
    employees in their respective organizations, including employees in
    or under a regional office.

2.  This authority may be redelegate, and further redelegation may be
    authorized. A deciding official must be a different and higher level
    official than a proposing official for any adverse action under this
    \"authority, except in the case of of furloughs or any action for
    which thirty days advance written notice is not required by 5 CFR
    Part 752. All redelegations must be in writing and in accordance
    with the requirements of HHS Personnel Instruction 250-3 and Chapter
    8-100 of the HHS General Administration Manual.

3.  I hereby delegate the authority cited above to the Regional
    Directors of Regions VI, VIII, IX, and X for the personnel staffs of
    each Indian Health Service Area that has its Area Office in their
    respective regions. I hereby delegate the authority cited above to
    the Regional Director, Region VI, for the personnel staff of the
    Gillis W. Long Hansen\'s Disease Center. The authority for these
    personnel staffs must be redelegate and further redelegation
    authorized. Redelegations are to be from the Regional Directors to
    the Regional Personnel Officers or Regional Personnel Managers, who
    are to redelegate to the Indian Health Service Area Directors, and
    to the Director of the Gillis W. Long Hansen\'s Disease Center for
    the personnel staffs of those organizations.

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5.  This delegation does not include the authority retained by the
    Secretary to make the decision on the- suspension or removal of an
    employee, whether in a sensitive or a nonsensitive position, on
    grounds of disloyalty or subversion.

6.  Requirements and instructions for exercising this authority are
    contained in 5 CFR Part 752 as supplemented by HHS Personnel
    Instruction 752-1.

7.  This delegation is effective immediately. It supersedes the ASPER
    delegation memorandum of September 30, 1982, Subject: Delegation of
    Authority to Propose and Decide on Adverse Actions Under HHS
    Personnel Instruction 752-1. However, existing redelegations made
    under that memorandum that are consistent with the provisions of
    this delegation will continue in effect until new redelegations are
    made under the authority of this memorandum.

Thomas S. McFee