[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61166-61167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24748]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5449-D-01]


Delegation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of the 
Inspector General

AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice updates the delegation of authority of the Office 
of Inspector General to require by subpoena the production of all 
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, 
and other data in any medium (including electronically stored 
information, as well as any tangible thing) and documentary evidence 
necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the Inspector 
General Act to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors 
General, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in 
Charge, the Regional Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of 
Inspections and Evaluations, the Directors within the Office of Audit, 
and the Counsel to the Inspector General. This notice also redelegates 
to the above-mentioned officials the authority of the Inspector General 
to cause the seal of the Department to be affixed to certain documents 
and to certify that a copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or 
other document is a true copy of that in the files of the Department. 
This notice also delegates the authority to the Deputy Inspector 
General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigation, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General for Investigation, the Special Agents in 
Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General to request information 
under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).

DATES: Effective Date: September 27, 2010.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Howell, Counsel to the Inspector 
General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8260, Washington, DC 
20410-4500, telephone (202) 708-1613. (These are not toll-free 
numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice supersedes the delegation of 
authority published at 72 FR 7775 (February 20, 2007).
    Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
app.) authorizes the Inspector General to require by subpoena the 
production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, 
accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including 
electronically stored information, as well as any tangible thing) and 
documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions 
assigned by the Inspector General Act. This notice delegates this 
authority to issue subpoenas from the Inspector General to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the 
Regional Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of the Inspections 
and Evaluations Division, the Directors within the Office of Audit, and 
the Counsel to the Inspector General.
    This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned officials the 
authority delegated to the Inspector General by the Secretary of HUD in 
the Delegation of Authority published on April 15, 1987, at 52 FR 
12259, which delegated to various officials, including the Inspector 
General, the authority to cause the seal of the Department to be 
affixed to certain documents and to certify that a copy of any book, 
record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in 
the files of the Department.
    Section 552a(b)(7) authorizes the Inspector General to request 
information protected by the Privacy Act for a civil or criminal law 
enforcement activity. This notice delegates to the Deputy Inspector 
General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special Agents in 
Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the authority to 
request information under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).
    The Inspector General has not limited his authority to issue 
subpoenas or to affix the Departmental seal and certify copies of 
records, or to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a by this 
delegation or redelegation. Also, this delegation and redelegation of 
authority prohibits further delegation or redelegation.
    Accordingly, the Inspector General delegates and redelegates as 
follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated and Redelegated

    The HUD Inspector General delegates to the Deputy Inspector 
General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy Assistant 
Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Regional 
Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of the Inspections and 
Evaluations Division, the Directors within the Office of Audit, and the 
Counsel to the Inspector General the authority to require by subpoena 
the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, 
records, accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including 
electronically stored information, as well as any tangible thing) and 
documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions 
assigned by the Inspector General Act pursuant to Section 6(a)(4) of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978.
    Additionally, the Inspector General redelegates to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy 
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the 
Regional Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of Inspections and 
Evaluations Division, the Directors within the Office of Audit, and the 
Counsel to the Inspector General the authority under the delegation of 
authority published at 52 FR 12259 (April 15, 1987) to cause the seal 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to be affixed to 
such documents as may require its application and to certify that a 
copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true 
copy of that in the files of the Department.
    Additionally, the Inspector General delegates to the Deputy 
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, 
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special 
Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the 
authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).

Section B. No Further Delegation or Redelegation

    The authority delegated and redelegated in Section A above may not 
be further delegated or redelegated.

Section C. Delegation of Authority Superceded

    This delegation supersedes the previous delegation of authority 
published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 7775 (February 20, 2007).

    Authority: Section 6(a)(4), Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.); Section 7(d), Department of HUD Act (42 U.S.C. 
3535(d)); Delegation of Authority, February 20, 2007, at 72 FR 7775; 
5 U.S.C. 552a.

    Dated: September 27, 2010.
Kenneth M. Donohue,
Inspector General.
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