For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 5, 2005
Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
SUBJECT: Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel
Management to Act as Director of the Office of Personnel Management
By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution
and laws of the United States of America and pursuant to the Federal
Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., I hereby order
that:
Section 1. Order of Succession.
During any period when the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management (Director), or the Deputy Director of the Office of
Personnel Management, has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to
perform the functions and duties of the office of Director, the
following officers of the Office of Personnel Management, in the order
listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of
Director, if they are eligible to act as Director under the provisions
of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time as at
least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the
functions and duties of the office of Director:
General Counsel; Chief of Staff; Director, Office of Communications
and Public Liaison; Director, Office of Congressional Relations;
Associate Director, Human Resources Products and Services; Associate
Director for Management; Associate Director, Strategic Human Resources
Policy; Chief Financial Officer; Associate Director, Human Capital
Leadership and Merit Systems Accountability; Deputy Associate Director,
Center for Investigations Services; and Director, Federal Executive
Institute.
Sec. 2. Exceptions.
a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1
in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Director
pursuant to this memorandum.
b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the
President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the Federal
Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d, to depart from this
memorandum in designating an acting Director.
Sec. 3. Prior Memorandum Superceded.
This memorandum supercedes the Presidential Memorandum of March 11,
2003, entitled, "Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel
Management to Act as Director of the Office of Personnel Management."
Sec. 4. Publication.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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