[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1670]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Treasury Order Number 102-10]


Designation of Chief Information Officer for the Department of 
the Treasury

January 13, 1999.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury 
by 31 U.S.C. 321(b), 44 U.S.C. 3506, and sections 5125 and 5131 of the 
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (Division E of Pub. Law 104-106), it is 
hereby ordered that:
    1. The Deputy Assistant Secretary (Information Systems) is 
designated as the Chief Information Officer of the Department.
    2. The Chief Information Officer shall carry out:
    a. The general responsibilities and the duties specified in 
sections 5125(b) and (c) of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 
1425 (b) and (c));
    b. The responsibilities of the Department under chapter 35 of title 
44, U.S.C., titled ``Coordination of Federal Information Policy'' ; and
    c. The Chief Information Officer management responsibilities 
designated in Executive Order 13011, dated July 16, 1996;
    3. The Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial 
Officer may assign to the Chief Information Officer other functions and 
responsibilities which are not inconsistent with paragraph 2.
    4. Pursuant to section 5131(c) of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 
U.S.C. 1441(c)), I redelegate to the Chief Information Officer the 
authority to waive compulsory and binding Federal Information 
Processing Standards (FIPS) which has been delegated to the Secretary 
of the Treasury by the Secretary of Commerce. Any such waiver by the 
Chief Information Officer shall be made in conformity with the criteria 
and requirements for a waiver in: (a) section 5131; and (b) any 
applicable issuances of the Department of Commerce. This authority may 
not be redelegated by the Chief Information Officer.
    5. The Chief Information Officer shall have direct access to the 
Secretary with respect to matters within paragraph 2.b.
    6. Cancellation. Treasury Order 102-10, ``Delegation of Authority 
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Information Systems),'' dated 
September 29, 1994.
Robert E. Rubin,
Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 99-1670 Filed 1-25-99; 8:45 am]
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