Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 170 / Wednesday, September 3, 1997 / Notices 46505

ACTION: Notice of delegation of

authority.

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary

delegates authority to perform personnel

management functions. Authority is

delegated to the Deputy Secretary with

concurrences by the Chief of Staff or by

the General Counsel, as specified.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Virginia Stephens, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20410, (202) 708–0622. (This is not a

toll-free number.) For hearing/speechimpaired individual, this number may

be accessed via TTY by calling the

Federal Information Relay Service at 1–

800–877–8399.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary is making these changes to

assist in the management of the

Department and the carrying out of its

mission. In this document, the Secretary

delegates personnel management

authorities, as specified below, to the

Deputy Secretary, with the concurrence

of the Chief of Staff; and to the Deputy

Secretary, with the concurrence of

either the Chief of Staff or the General

Counsel in certain actions involving

Senior Executive Service employees.

Accordingly, the Secretary delegates

authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated With

Respect to Specific Personnel Actions

The Deputy Secretary, with the

concurrence of the Chief of Staff or the

General Counsel, is delegated the

authority to:

1. Select candidates for positions at

grades GS–14 and GS–15.

2. Make an Intergovernmental

Personnel Act (IPA) assignment.

3. Detail an employee at grades GS–

14 or GS–15 to another HUD position in

increments of up to 120 days.

4. Detail an employee to a position in

another Federal agency in increments of

up to 120 days.

5. Detail an employee to:

a. the Panama Canal Commission,

b. an international organization, or

c. a foreign government.

6. Approve/disapprove a temporary

work-at-home arrangement.

7. Promote employees to, demote

employees voluntarily from, or reassign

employees to positions at the GS–14 or

GS–15 level.

8. Make time-limited promotions to

the GS–14 or GS–15 level to meet

temporary needs.

9. Noncompetitively promote a GS–14

or GS–15 employee, temporarily or

permanently, to the highest grade

previously held up to the GS–15 level.

10. Authorize payment of up to 25%

of basic pay as a recruitment bonus.

11. Authorize payment of up to 25%

of basic pay as a relocation bonus.

12. Authorize payment of up to 25%

of basic pay as a retention allowance.

13. Approve/disapprove a reductionin-force.

14. Approve/disapprove a transfer of

function.

Section B. Authority Delegated With

Respect to Senior Executive Service and

Schedule C and Other Actions

The Deputy Secretary, with the

concurrence of either the Chief of Staff

or the General Counsel; or the General

Counsel with a concurrence of the Chief

of Staff are delegated the authority to:

1. Select, terminate, promote,

reclassify, or extend SES positions.

2. Make selections for Secretary’s

Representative and State/Area

coordinator positions.

3. Make selections for Administrative

Law Judge positions, Senior Level

positions, and positions on the Board of

Contract Appeals.

4. Make selections for experts or

consultant positions.

5. Select, terminate, promote,

reclassify, or extend Schedule C

(political) appointees.

6. Detail or reassign SESers or

Schedule C appointees to other SES or

Schedule C positions.

7. Detail non-SESers to SES positions.

8. Recertify, conditionally recertify, or

not recertify career SESers.

9. Approve/disapprove Presidential

Rank Award nominations for SESers.

10. Approve/disapprove SES

performance awards.

11. Approve/disapprove SES

performance ratings.

12. During the notice period of an

adverse action: assign SESer to other

duties; approve annual or sick leave or

leave without pay; place SESer in absent

without leave status; or place SESer on

excused absence.

13. Remove or suspend an SES

employee for misconduct, neglect of

duty, malfeasance, failure to accept a

directed reassignment, or failure to

accompany a position in a transfer of

function.

Section C. Authority To Redelegate

The authority delegated under

Sections A and B may be redelegated to

the Deputy General Counsel for

Programs and Regulations. The

authority delegated under number 6 of

Section A may be redelegated to the

Assistant Secretary for Administration.

Section D. Authority Modified and

Superseded

This delegation of authority

supersedes all prior delegations

inconsistent with the authority

delegated herein. In addition, this

delegation of authority specifically

modifies the Delegation of Authority to

the Assistant Secretary for

Administration, dated March 14, 1966,

published in the Federal Register at 31

FR 10754 (August 12, 1966); the

Delegation of Authority to the Assistant

Secretary for Administration, published

in the Federal Register on June 5, 1975

at 40 FR 24228; and the Delegation of

Concurrent Authority to the Deputy

Secretary, published in the Federal

Register on January 1, 1996 at 61 FR

353.

Authority: Sec. 7(d), Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42

U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: August 27, 1997.

Andrew Cuomo,

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–23298 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–3918–N–14]

Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a

Computer Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Housing and

Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching

Program—HUD and the United States

Postal Service (USPA).

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as

amended by the Computer Matching

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as

amended, (Public Law 100–503), and

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of

Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 (June

19, 1989)), and OMB Bulletin 89–22,

‘‘Instructions on Reporting Computer

Matching Programs to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Congress and the Public,’’ the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) is issuing a public

notice of its intent to conduct a

recurring computer matching program

with the United States Postal Service

(USPS).

EFFECTIVE DATE: Computer matching is

expected to begin at least 40 days from

the date this computer matching notice

is published, provided no comments are

received which would result in a
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contrary determination. It will be

accomplished 18 months from the

beginning date.

Comments Due Date: October 14,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,

Office of General Counsel, Room 10276,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410.

Communications should refer to the

above docket number and title. A copy

of each communication submitted will

be available for public inspection and

copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30

p.m. weekdays at the above address.

FOR PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION FROM

SOURCE AGENCY CONTACT: Jeanette

Smith, Departmental Privacy Act

Officer, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 4178,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone

number (202) 708–2374. (This is not a

toll-free number).

FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION FROM SOURCE

AGENCY CONTACT: Debbie Holt, Office of

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 470

L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 3115,

Washington, DC 20024, telephone

number (202) 755–7570. (This is not a

toll-free number).

REPORTING: In accordance with Public

Law 100–503, the Computer Matching

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as

amended, and Office of Management

and Budget Bulletin 89–22,

‘‘Instructions on Reporting Computer

Matching Programs to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Congress and the Public;’’ copies of this

Notice and a report are being provided

to the Committee on Government

Reform and Oversight of the House of

Representatives, the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and

the Office of Management and Budget.

AUTHORITY: The matching program will

be conducted pursuant to Pub. L. 100–

503, ‘‘The Computer Matching and

Privacy Protection Act of 1988,’’ as

amended, the Federal Debt Collection

Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–276), which

authorizes Federal agencies to offset a

Federal employee’s salary as a means of

satisfying delinquent debts owed to the

United States (5 U.S.C. 5514 (a)); 26 CFR

301.6402–6 et seq., Chapter I,

Subchapter F—Procedure and

Administration (Tax Refund Regulations

issued by Internal Revenue Service);

and 24 CFR part 17, Administrative

Claims, subpart C 17.60 and 17.125

through 17.140, Salary Offset Provisions

(HUD).

OBJECTIVES TO BE MET BY THE MATCHING

PROGRAM: The matching program will

allow HUD to discover the identities

and locations of postal employees who

are indebted to the Department and to

collect debts owed to the Federal

Government.

RECORDS TO BE MATCHED: HUD will

provide extracts from its system of

records entitled HUD/DEPT–2,

Accounting Records, last published in

the Federal Register at 59 FR 52985 on

October 20, 1994, containing records of

more than 250,000 debtors of the

records to be matched. Disclosures will

be made under routine use (i) of that

system.

The USPS will provide extracts from

its Privacy Act System of Records USPS

050.020, Finance Records—Payroll

System, containing payroll records for

approximately 800,000 current USPS

employees. Disclosure will be made

under routine use No. 24 of that system,

a full description of which was last

published in 57 FR 57515, dated

December 4, 1992.

NOTICE PROCEDURES: HUD will notify

individuals at the time of application

(ensuring that routine use appears on

the application form) for guaranteed or

direct loans that their records will be

matched to determine whether they are

delinquent or in default on a Federal

debt. HUD and USPS will also publish

notices concerning routine use

disclosures in the Federal Register to

inform individuals that a computer

match may be performed to determine a

loan applicant’s credit status with the

Federal Government.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS/INDIVIDUALS

INVOLVED: The debtor records include

these data elements from HUD’s system

of records, HUD/Dept–2: SSN, claim

number, program code, and indication

of indebtedness. Categories of records

include: Records of claims and defaults,

repayment agreements, credit reports,

financial statements, and records of

foreclosures.

Categories of individuals include:

former mortgagors and purchasers of

HUD-owned properties manufactured

(mobile) home and home improvement

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans, and rehabilitation

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans.

PERIOD OF THE MATCH: Matching will

begin at least 40 days from the date

copies of the signed (by both Data

Integrity Boards) computer matching

agreement are sent to both Houses of

Congress or at least 40 days from the

date this Notice is published in the

Federal Register, whichever is later,

providing no comments are received

which would result in a contrary

determination. The matching program

will be in effect and continue for 18

months with an option to renew for 12

additional months unless one of the

parties to the agreement advises the

other in writing to terminate or modify

the agreement.

Issued at Washington, DC.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal

Housing Commissioner.

Steven M. Yohai,

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–23283 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permits Issued

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of permits issued for the

months of January 1997–August 1997.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, has

taken the following action with regard

to permit applications duly received in

accordance with section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1539, et seq.). Each

permit listed as issued was granted only

after it was determined that it was

applied for in good faith, that by

granting the permit it will not be to the

disadvantage of the endangered species,

and that it will be consistent with the

purposes and policy set forth in the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended.

Name Permit No. Date issued

Tamara Ross ....................................................................................................................................................... PRT 801463 A1* 5/1/97

TAMS Consultants .............................................................................................................................................. PRT 801466 A1* 5/29/97

Malacological Consultants ................................................................................................................................... PRT 801471 A2* 6/19/97

Malacological Consultants ................................................................................................................................... PRT 801471 A3* 7/30/97

Dr. John Whitaker ............................................................................................................................................... PRT 802777 A3* 3/17/97