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###### Department of Housing and Urban Development

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

# AGENCY:

Office of General Counsel, HUD. 

# ACTION:

Notice of Order of Succession. 

# 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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