Notice2021-24250
Delegation of Authority for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer
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Published
November 5, 2021
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
In this notice, the Secretary of HUD, pursuant to the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act), which established the position of the Chief Financial Officer within HUD, is delegating authority to the Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for certain responsibilities with respect to the financial management activities, systems, and operations of the Department.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61285-61286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24250]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6299-D-01]
Delegation of Authority for the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary of HUD, pursuant to the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act), which established the
position of the Chief Financial Officer within HUD, is delegating
authority to the Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial
Officer for certain responsibilities with respect to the financial
management activities, systems, and operations of the Department.
DATES: Applicable Date: October 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John B. Shumway, Assistant General
Counsel, Administrative Law Division, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, at 451 7th Street SW, Room 9262; Washington, DC 20410-0500
or telephone number 1-202-402-5190 (this is not a toll-free number).
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339
(this is a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary is delegating to the Chief
Financial Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer those
responsibilities enumerated in the CFO Act (31 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), and
HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 108-7, approved
February 20, 2003), relating to the financial management activities
related to the programs and operation of HUD.
Accordingly, the Secretary delegates as follows:
Section A. Authority Delegated
The Secretary hereby delegates the following responsibilities,
functions, and duties to the Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy
Chief Financial Officer:
1. To serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary on financial
management;
2. To supervise, coordinate, and establish policies to govern all
financial management activities and operations of the Department
consistent with the requirements of law and regulation; to oversee the
development, administration, and coordination of the financial and
accounting functions of the Department; and to issue such policies and
directives as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the Chief
Financial Officer;
3. To develop and maintain a financial management system for the
Department (including accounting and related transaction systems;
internal control systems; financial reporting systems; and credit, cash
and debt management systems). To coordinate systems for audit
compliance with external organizations that have responsibilities for
the use and
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management of funds and other resources for which the Department has
responsibility;
4. To provide direction to ensure the Department's compliance with
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Government Accountability Office
(GAO), Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and legislative
accounting and financial management requirements; and to strengthen
internal accounting and administrative controls to prevent waste,
fraud, and abuse in Federal programs;
5. To assist in the financial execution of the Department's budget
in relation to actual expenditures and to prepare timely performance
reports for senior managers;
6. To develop, maintain, and revise an annual plan to bring the
financial management systems of the Department into full compliance
with established policies and standards and to oversee execution of the
plan; and to estimate resource requirements for the Office of the Chief
Financial Officer for inclusion in the Department's budget requests;
7. To coordinate with the Inspector General to ensure that all
Department financial activities are regularly audited, and to ensure
that adopted recommendations related to Department financial management
issues are promptly implemented;
8. To be responsible for the financial management needs of the
Department, to report to the Congress and to external agencies such as
OMB, the Treasury and the GAO on financial management performance,
Department financial statements, and other information requests
required by law and regulation, and to develop and maintain a
departmental financial management information system;
9. To provide policy direction and guidance to the designated
Comptrollers of principal Department organizational components,
including the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and Government
National Mortgage Association (GNMA), as well as other departmental
staff, with respect to financial management policies, standards, and
responsibilities;
10. To process and sign Apportionments/Reapportionments Schedules
and Advice of Allotments in accordance with applicable OMB Circulars;
11. Where not inconsistent with regulations pertaining to
proceedings before administrative judges, to establish and maintain
policies and procedures for claims collection and coordinate claims
collection activities in the field offices and at Headquarters;
12. To appoint Disbursement and Certifying Officers to approve the
disbursal of agency funds;
13. To serve as advisor to the Secretary and to other departmental
officials in matters relating to budget formulation and execution, and
to advise and assist program offices in their budgetary
responsibilities and appraise the effectiveness of these activities;
advise on budget and fiscal implications of policy and legislative
proposals; and administer the issuance of staff ceilings and monitor
staff usage in the Department;
14. To continue to ensure that HUD offices have an adequate system
of funds control, including working with such offices to strengthen
such controls to prevent or mitigate any potential Anti-deficiency Act
(31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) violations; and
15. To implement and administer the Emergency Homeowners' Loan
Program within the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act, as amended (12
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), in cooperation with HUD's Office of Policy
Development and Research and HUD's Office of Housing.
The Secretary may revoke any discretionary authority authorized
herein, in whole or part, at any time.
Section B. Authority Excepted
The authority delegated in this Notice does not include the
authority to sue and be sued. The authority delegated to the Deputy
Chief Financial Officer herein does not include the authority to issue
and waive regulations.
Section C. Authority To Redelegate
The Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer
are authorized to retain or redelegate authorities delegated under
Section A above to the Assistant Chief Financial Officers in the Office
of the Chief Financial Officer, with the exception of the authority to
issue and waive regulations.
Section D. Authority Superseded
This delegation supersedes all prior delegations of authority from
the Secretary to the Chief Financial Officer and to the Deputy Chief
Financial Officer.
Authority: Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: October 29, 2021.
Marcia L. Fudge,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-24250 Filed 11-4-21; 8:45 am]
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