**UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

# THE  UNDER SECRETARY

MEMORANDUM

TO:Director, Executive Management Staff    ◄▬▬

    Office of the Secretary

Mitchell Dedert

    Office of the Secretary

Brenda Long

    Office of the Secretary

FROM:The Under Secretary

SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority for Domestic Travel for the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development

I.DELEGATION

Under the authority from the Chief Financial Officer vested in me by delegation EL/GEN/9, certified August 3, 2005, I hereby delegate to you and to anyone serving for the Director, Executive Management Staff, in an acting capacity, the authorities described below.  These authorities must be exercised in accordance with 41 CFR Chapters 300-304, commonly known as the Federal Travel Regulation. This delegation covers travel for the Office of the Under Secretary.

A.To all addressees:

1.The authority to approve travel within the Continental United States and non-foreign travel areas.  The term “non-foreign travel areas” as used in this delegation refers to the States of Alaska and Hawaii, the Commonwealths of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Marianas Islands, and the territories and possessions of the United States such as American Samoa and the Virgin Islands, and excludes the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands.

2.The authority to certify travel authorizations and travel vouchers for temporary duty including:

a.. Authority to approve use of non-contract carriers between defined city pairs.

b.. Authority to approve the use of public transportation between defined locations.

c. Authority to approve the use of privately owned conveyances by employees when advantageous to the Government.

d. Authority to approve rental automobile and miscellaneous travel expenses.

B.To the Director, Executive Management Staff:

1. The authority to certify travel authorizations and travel vouchers for permanent changes of station within the United States.

2. The authority to approve, for wheelchair users and if necessary one attendant, direct flights and upgrades to business class when bulkhead seating is not available.

Unless otherwise noted in future delegations of authority, amendments to the authority cited herein are included within the scope of this delegation.

II.RESERVATIONS

A.Except as described in Section I, the authority to approve international and territorial travel is reserved to the Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary.

B.The authority to approve first-class travel accommodations, cash travel advances, and actual subsistence expenses over the total allowable per diem rate for each trip in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation is reserved to the Director, Financial Management Operations, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, or his or her delegatee.

C.The authority to certify one's own travel and voucher expenses is reserved to the Under Secretary.

III. REDELEGATION

No further redelegation is authorized.

IV. CERTIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

The delegation is effective upon certification by the Department's Principal Delegations Control Officer and supersedes all previous redelegations of the authority.  I hereby ratify actions within the scope of this delegation taken by the addressees prior to the date of certification.

_____________/s/_________________

                              Sara Martinez Tucker 

OGC Clearance and Date:  /s/ David Berthiaume, 1/25/2008

Certified Date:  3/3/2008

Departmental Delegations Control Officer:  /s/ Naty G. Beetle

Control Number:  EE/EA1/163