MEMORANDUM

UNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

TO: Director, Labor and Employee Relations Division 

Office of Human Resources

FROM: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Human 

Resources (Chief Human Capital Officer)

SUBJECT: Re-Delegation of Authority

I. DELEGATION

Under the authority vested in me by a delegation from the Assistant Secretary of the 

Office of Finance and Operations (OFO), EK/EKH/210, December 11, 2019, I hereby 

designate you as the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED or Agency) Harassment 

Prevention Coordinator, and redelegate to you, your successor in function, or anyone 

serving for you in an acting capacity or delegated the authority to perform the functions 

and duties of your position, all authority reasonably necessary to fulfill your 

responsibilities as the Agency’s Harassment Prevention Coordinator, including the 

following:

A. The authority to develop, conduct, and present training related to the ED’s AntiHarassment Program.

B. In consultation with the ED’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Services 

(EEOS), the authority to develop policies related to the Agency’s Anti-Harassment 

Program.

C. The authority to administratively investigate or assign employees the 

authority to administratively investigate harassment and/or hostile work 

environment allegations. This includes the authority to conduct 

interviews, obtain written statements, documents, emails, information, 

communications, and any other materials necessary for administrative 

investigations.

D. The authority to determine if an external investigative service or 

external entity is necessary and appropriate for an administrative 

investigation into harassment and/or hostile work environment. This 

includes the authority to approve the cost and use of OFO’s 

allocated budget to fund external investigations.

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E. The authority to resolve conflicts of interest and/or approve settlement 

agreements, when applicable, related to administrative investigations 

conducted pursuant to the Anti-Harassment Program.

F. The authority to disclose, as appropriate, all findings of investigations to 

applicable management officials and servicing human resources specialists for 

coordination of appropriate administrative action. 

G. The authority to obtain necessary information and data for reports and 

findings related to the Anti-Harassment Program.

II. RESERVATIONS

No authority stated in this delegation shall interfere with or conflict with the Agency’s 

authority to administer the Equal Employment Opportunity Program in the Department 

or the authority delegated to the Director of Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 

Services in delegation EK/EKE/201. 

Unless otherwise noted in existing or future delegations of authority, the following are 

not delegated: 

A. the authority to sign Federal Register notices;

B. the authority to award contracts and discretionary grants;

C. the authority to appoint, and fix compensation of, members of advisory councils; 

and

D. unless otherwise provided by law, the authority to submit reports to Congress or 

the President.

III. REDELEGATION

The authority delegated in Paragraphs I(C), I(F), and I(G) may be redelegated. No other 

authority may be redelegated further.

IV. CERTIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

This delegation is effective upon certification of the Department's Delegations Control 

Officer and supersedes delegation EKH/EKHG/214 certified on September 30, 2020. 

 ______s__________

 Jacqueline Clay

OGC Concurrence and Date: Leah Travis, 2/15/2023

Date Certified:3/13/2023

Control Number:EKH/EKHR/227

Delegations Control Officer: Jim Clemmens