Notice2022-06490
Delegation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of the Inspector General
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Published
March 29, 2022
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
This notice updates the delegation of authority of the Office of Inspector General to require by subpoena the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including electronically stored information, as well as any tangible thing) and documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the Inspector General Act to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, and the Counsel to the Inspector General. This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned officials and Deputy Assistant Inspectors General, Special Agents in Charge, Audit Directors, Assistant Audit Directors, and Directors within the Office of Evaluation the authority of the Inspector General to cause the seal of the Department to be affixed to certain documents and to certify that a copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in the files of the Department. This notice also delegates the authority to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigation, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigation, the Special Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General to request information.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18025-18026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06490]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6223-D-01]
Delegation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of the
Inspector General
AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: This notice updates the delegation of authority of the Office
of Inspector General to require by subpoena the production of all
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers,
and other data in any medium (including electronically stored
information, as well as any tangible thing) and documentary evidence
necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the Inspector
General Act to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors
General, and the Counsel to the Inspector General. This notice also
redelegates to the above-mentioned officials and Deputy Assistant
Inspectors General, Special Agents in Charge, Audit Directors,
Assistant Audit Directors, and Directors within the Office of
Evaluation the authority of the Inspector General to cause the seal of
the Department to be affixed to certain documents and to certify that a
copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true
copy of that in the files of the Department. This notice also delegates
the authority to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector
General for Investigation, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for
Investigation, the Special Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the
Inspector General to request information.
DATES: March 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura Malone, Counsel to the Inspector
General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202) 708-1613. (This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice supersedes the delegation of
authority published October 4, 2010. 75 FR 61166.
Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
app.) authorizes the Inspector General to require by subpoena the
production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records,
accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including
electronically stored information, as well as any tangible thing) and
documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions
assigned by the Inspector General Act. This notice delegates this
authority to issue subpoenas from the Inspector General to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, and the Counsel to
the Inspector General.
This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned officials the
authority delegated to the Inspector General by the Secretary of HUD in
the Delegation of Authority published on July 15, 2003, 68 FR 41840,
which delegated to various officials, including the Inspector General,
the authority to cause the seal of the Department to be affixed to
certain documents and to certify that a copy of any book, record,
paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in the files
of the Department.
Section 552a(b)(7) authorizes the Inspector General to request
information protected by the Privacy Act for a civil or criminal law
enforcement activity. This notice delegates to the Deputy
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Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations,
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special
Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the
authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7).
The Inspector General has not limited her authority to issue
subpoenas or to affix the Departmental seal and certify copies of
records, or to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a by this
delegation or redelegation. Also, this delegation and redelegation of
authority prohibits further delegation or redelegation.
Accordingly, the Inspector General delegates and redelegates as
follows:
Section A. Authority Delegated and Redelegated
The HUD Inspector General delegates to the Deputy Inspector
General, the Assistant Inspectors General, and the Counsel to the
Inspector General, who re-delegates and retains authority to the Deputy
Counsel, the authority to require by subpoena the production of all
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers,
and other data in any medium (including electronically stored
information, as well as any tangible thing) and documentary evidence
necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the Inspector
General Act pursuant to Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of
1978.
Additionally, the Inspector General redelegates to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Audit
Directors, the Assistant Audit Directors, and the Directors within the
Office of Evaluation, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the
authority under the delegation of authority published July 15, 2003, 68
FR 41840, to cause the seal of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to be affixed to such documents as may require its
application and to certify that a copy of any book, record, paper,
microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in the files of the
Department.
Additionally, the Inspector General delegates to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations,
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special
Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the
authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7).
Section B. No Further Delegation or Redelegation
The authority delegated and redelegated in Section A above may not
be further delegated or redelegated.
Section C. Delegation of Authority Superseded
This delegation supersedes the previous delegation of authority
published in the Federal Register October 4, 2010. 75 FR 61166.
Authority: Section 6(a)(4), Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.); Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
(42 U.S.C. 3535(d)); Delegation of Authority, July 15, 2003, 68 FR
41840; 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Valeria Oliver Davis,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 2022-06490 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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