2012-25712. Order of Succession for HUD Region I

AGENCY:

Office of Field Policy and Management, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice of Order of Succession.

SUMMARY:

In this notice, the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, designates the Order of Succession for the Boston Regional Office and its Field Offices (Region I). This Order of Succession supersedes all previous Orders of Succession for HUD Region I.

DATES:

Effective Date: October 9, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lawrence D. Reynolds, Assistant General Counsel, Administrative Law Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 9262, Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone number 202-402-3502 (this is not a toll free number). This number may be accessed through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

By separate notice published in today's Federal Register, the Secretary delegates to the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and Management authority and responsibility for the management and oversight of the Department's field operations. Through this notice, the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and Management is issuing this Order of Succession of officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Boston Regional Office (HUD Region I) and its Field Offices when by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office the Regional Administrator or Field Office Directors are not available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of their 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 previous Orders of Succession for Region I. Accordingly, the Assistant Deputy 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 Regional Administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Field Office Directors are not available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of their Office, the following officials within each Office and those officials specified by Office location are hereby designated to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Office:

1. Boston Regional Office Order of Succession

a. Deputy Regional Administrator;

b. Regional Counsel;

c. Regional Director, Office of Multifamily Housing;

d. Director, Region I, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

2. Hartford Field Office Order of Succession

a. Associate Regional Counsel, Housing Finance and Programs;

b. Director, Connecticut Multifamily Program Center.

3. Providence Field Office Order of Succession

a. Associate Regional Counsel, Housing Finance and Programs;

b. Director, Providence Multifamily Program Center.

4. Manchester Field Office Order of Succession

a. Associate Regional Counsel, Housing Finance and Programs;

b. Director, New Hampshire Multifamily Program Center.

5. Burlington Field Office Order of Succession

a. Director, Bangor Field Office;

b. Director, Manchester Field Office.

6. Bangor Field Office Order of Succession

a. Director, Burlington Field Office;

b. Director, Manchester Field Office.

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 HUD Region I.

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

Dated: October 9, 2012.

Patricia A. Hoban-Moore,

Assistant Deputy Secretary.