[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63201-63202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22004]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5964-D-01]


Order of Succession for the Office of Public Affairs

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of order of succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs 
designates the Order of Succession for the Office of Public Affairs. 
This Order of Succession supersedes all prior orders of succession for 
the Office of Public Affairs, including the Order of Succession 
published on July 20, 2011.

DATES: Effective Date: September 7, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jereon Brown, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10130, Washington, DC 20410-6000, 
telephone number 202-708-0980. (This is not a toll-free number). 
Persons with hearing- or speech-impairments may access this number 
through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 1-800-
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs 
is issuing this Order of Succession of officials authorized to perform 
the functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs 
when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, the 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs 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 all prior orders of 
succession for the Office of Public Affairs, including the Order of 
Succession published on July 20, 2011 (76 FR 43337).
    Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary 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 Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs is not 
available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the office of 
the Assistant Secretary, the following officials within the Office of 
Public Affairs are hereby designated to exercise the powers and perform 
the duties of the Office. No individual who is serving in an office 
listed below in an acting capacity may act as the Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs pursuant to this Order of Succession.
    (1) General Deputy Assistant Secretary;
    (2) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs;
    (3) Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist.
    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 all prior orders of succession 
for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, including 
the Order of Succession published on July 20, 2011 (76 FR 43337).


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

    Dated: September 7, 2016.
Jaime S. Castillo,
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-22004 Filed 9-13-16; 8:45 am]
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