[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 14608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5626]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5076-D-11]


Office of General Counsel Order of Succession

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for 
the Office of General Counsel. This Order of Succession supersedes the 
Order of Succession for the General Counsel published on May 28, 2004.

DATES: Effective Date: February 27, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virginia Ackerman, Acting Assistant 
General Counsel for Procurement and Administrative Law, Office of 
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500, (202) 708-0622. (This 
is not a toll-free number.) This number may be accessed through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Office 
of General Counsel when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy 
in office, the General Counsel is not available to exercise the powers 
or perform the duties of the office. This Order of Succession is 
subject to the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 
(5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d). This publication supersedes the Order of 
Succession notice of May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30714).
    Accordingly, the General Counsel designates the following Order of 
Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998, during any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office, the General Counsel for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is not available to exercise the powers or 
perform the duties of the General Counsel, the following officials 
within the Office of General Counsel are hereby designated to exercise 
the powers and perform the duties of the Office:

(1) General Deputy General Counsel;
(2) Deputy General Counsel for Operations;
(3) Deputy General Counsel for Housing Programs;
(4) Associate General Counsel for Insured Housing;
(5) Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations;
(6) Associate General Counsel for Litigation;
(7) Associate General Counsel for Finance and Regulatory Compliance;
(8) Associate General Counsel for Human Resources;
(9) Associate General Counsel for Assisted Housing and Community 
Development;
(10) Associate General Counsel for Fair Housing;
(11) Associate General Counsel for Program Enforcement.

    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all the other officials, whose position titles precede his/hers 
in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office.

Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes the Order of Succession for the 
General Counsel published on May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30714).

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: February 27, 2007.
Robert M. Couch,
Acting General Counsel.
 [FR Doc. E7-5626 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]
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