**UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

Washington, DC 20202

**MEMORANDUM**

TO:          Addressees (See list below) 

FROM:   The Assistant Secretary

Office for Civil Rights

### SUBJECT:Delegation of Travel Authority 

## I. DELEGATION

Under the authority from the Chief Information Officer vested in me by delegation EI/GEN/15, certified on December 5, 2008, I hereby delegate to you, and to anyone serving for you in an acting capacity, for your respective areas of responsibilities, the authorities described below.  These authorities must be exercised in accordance with 41 CFR Chapters 300-304, commonly known as the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR).

**To All Addressees**: 

A. The authority to approve travel within the Continental United States (CONUS) 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 Mariana 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.

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

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

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

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

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

**To the Executive Officer**:

A.The authority to certify travel authorizations and travel vouchers for permanent changes of station.  

B.The authority to approve direct flights and upgrades to business class as indicated by the FTR.  

Page 2 – Delegation of Authority

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.The authority to approve international travel is reserved to the Secretary or his or her delegatee.  International travel is travel outside the CONUS and non-foreign travel areas.  

B.The authority to approve premium 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 Regulations is reserved to the Director, Financial Systems Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, or his or her delegatee.

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

## III. REDELEGATION

These authorities may not be redelegated.

IV. Certification and Effective Date

The delegation is effective upon certification by the Department’s Principal Delegations Control Officer and supersedes delegations EC/ECR/238 and EC/ECD-GEN/237.  I hereby ratify actions within the scope of this delegation taken by the addressees prior to the date of certification.

_________/s/________________  

            Russlynn Ali

ADDRESSEE List:  

OCR Enforcement Director

OCR Executive Officer

OCR Regional Office Director, Boston)

OCR Regional Office Director, New York)

OCR Regional Office Director, Philadelphia)

OCR Regional Office Director Atlanta)

OCR Regional Office Director, Dallas)   ◄▬▬▬

OCR Regional Office Director, Chicago)

OCR Regional Office Director, Cleveland)

OCR Regional Office Director, Kansas City)

OCR Regional Office Director, Denver)

OCR Regional Office Director, San Francisco)

OCR Regional Office Director, Seattle)

OCR Regional Office Director, District of Columbia)

Certified Date:  11/2/2010

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

Control Number:  EC/ECD-GEN/242