Title 3--The President You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate committees of the Congress of this determination and the obligation of funds under this authority, and to arrange for the publication of this memorandum in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, April 29, 2005. Memorandum of May 5, 2005 Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel Management to Act as Director of the Office of Personnel Management Memorandum for the Director of the Ofl)'ce 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 Re- form 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 Manage- ment (Director), or the Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Manage- ment, has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the func- tions 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 Ac- countability; 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 \177 in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Director pursu- ant to this memorandum. 246
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