[Federal Register: October 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 201)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5076-D-02]

 
Order of Succession for the Office of the Chief Procurement 
Officer

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of order of succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Chief Procurement Officer designates the 
Order of Succession for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. 
The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer was previously part of the 
Office of Administration.
    Effective Date: July 13, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Williamson, Associate Chief 
Procurement Officer, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Room 5278, Washington, DC 20410-3000, telephone (202) 708-0600. (This 
is not a toll-free number.) This number may be accessed through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service number at 1-
(800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chief Procurement Officer is issuing 
this Order of Succession of officials authorized to perform the duties 
and functions of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer when, by 
reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in the office, the Chief 
Procurement Officer 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).
    The Office of the Procurement Officer was previously part of the 
Office of Administration, but is now an independent office. Elsewhere 
in this edition of the Federal Register, HUD's Office of Administration 
is publishing an updated Order of Succession for the Office of 
Administration that reflects the current structure of the Office of 
Administration, which excludes the Office of the Chief Procurement 
Officer.
    Accordingly, the Chief Procurement Officer designates the following 
Order of Succession:

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 Chief Procurement Officer is not available to 
exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer, the following officials within the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer are hereby designated to exercise the powers 
and perform the duties of the Chief Procurement Officer:
    (1) Deputy Chief Procurement Officer;
    (2) Assistant Chief Procurement Officer, Program Operations;
    (3) Assistant Chief Procurement Officer, Support Operations;
    (4) Assistant Chief Procurement Officer, Policy and Systems;
    (5) Assistant Chief Procurement Officer, Field Operations;
    (6) Director, Field Contracting Operations (Southern);
    (7) Director, Field Contracting Operations (Western);
    (8) Director, Field Contracting Operations (Northern).
    The officials shall perform the functions and duties of this office 
in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve unless all 
the other officials, whose position titles precede his or hers in this 
order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy 
in office.

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

    Dated: July 13, 2006.
Joseph A. Neurauter,
Chief Procurement Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-17053 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]

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