Designation of Officers of the General Services Administration to Act as Administrator of General Services

Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)

Federal Register Volume 78, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)

Presidential Documents

Pages 59161-59162

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2013-23601

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Memorandum of September 20, 2013

Designation of Officers of the General Services Administration to Act as Administrator of General Services

Memorandum for the Administrator of General Services

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), it is hereby ordered that:

Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this memorandum, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officials of the General Services Administration, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the Administrator of General Services (Administrator), during any period in which both the Administrator and Deputy Administrator have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Administrator:

(a) Chief of Staff;

(b) Commissioner, Public Buildings Service;

(c) Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service;

(d) Chief Financial Officer;

(e) Regional Administrator, Greater Southwest Region (Region 7); and

(f) Regional Administrator, Great Lakes Region (Region 5).

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 of this memorandum in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Administrator pursuant to this memorandum.

(b) No individual listed in section 1 of this memorandum shall act as Administrator unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Act.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum in designating an acting Administrator.

Sec. 3. Prior Memorandum Superseded. This memorandum supersedes the President's Memorandum of March 19, 2002 (Designation of Officers of the General Services Administration).

Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

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Sec. 5. Publication. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, September 20, 2013.

FR Doc. 2013-23601

Filed 9-25-13; 8:45 am

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