Delegation of the Authority of the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs To Invoke the Deliberative-Process Privilege

• Published date: 17 July 2024
• Record Number: 2024-15646
• Citation: 89 FR 58241
• Court: State Department
• Section: Notices

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 58241]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2024-15646]
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                DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                [Delegation of Authority No. 479-2]
                Delegation of the Authority of the Assistant Secretary for
                Western Hemisphere Affairs To Invoke the Deliberative-Process Privilege
                ACTION: Delegation of authority.
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                SUMMARY: The State Department is publishing a Delegation of Authority
                signed by Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs on July
                10, 2024.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary for
                Western Hemisphere Affairs, signed the following ``Delegation of
                Authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretaries, for Western Hemisphere
                Affairs'' on July 10, 2024. The State Department maintains the original
                document.
                (Begin text.)
                 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Secretary of State
                in Delegation of Authority No. 479, dated December 17, 2019, and to the
                extent authorized by law, I hereby re-delegate to the Deputy Assistant
                Secretaries of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs the authority to
                assert the deliberative-process privilege in judicial and
                administrative proceedings.
                 Nothing in this delegation of authority shall be deemed to
                supersede or otherwise affect any other delegation of authority. This
                delegation shall expire upon the entry upon duty of a subsequently
                appointed or designated Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere
                Affairs, unless sooner revoked.
                 This document will be published in the Federal Register.
                (End text.)
                Kevin E. Bryant,
                Deputy Director, Office of Directives Management, Department of State.
                [FR Doc. 2024-15646 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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