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d. Development of programs to
enhance the professionalism of the
Department’s procurement work force,
including the establishment of
educational, training, and experience
requirements for procurement
personnel; and
e. Development of all departmental
procurement policy, regulations, and
procedures.
Section C. Authority To Issue Rules and
Regulations
The CPO is authorized to issue rules
and regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the authority delegated under
Section B.
Section D. Authority To Redelegate
The authority delegated to the CPO
under Section B may be redelegated to
qualified employees of the Department.
Authority: 41 U.S.C. 414; Section 7(d) of
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Editorial Note: This document was
received at the Office of the Federal Register
February 8, 2007.
Dated: February 1, 2005.
Alphonso Jackson,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5131–N–01]
Notice of Realignment of HUD’s
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Processing Functions
Office of the Secretary, HUD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that HUD has realigned its Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) processing
functions from the Office of General
Counsel to the Office of the Executive
Secretariat in the Office of
Administration. The realignment of
FOIA processing functions will improve
the efficiency and consistency of HUD’s
FOIA operations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vicky Lewis, Assistant Executive
Secretary, Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) Office, Office of the Executive
Secretariat, Office of Administration,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 10139, Washington, DC 20410–
0001; telephone (202) 708–3866 (this is
not a toll-free number). Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may
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the toll-free Federal Information Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) provides the means by which the
public can obtain information regarding
federal agencies. Under FOIA, the
public can request records from any
agency, which the agency must provide,
subject to certain statutory exemptions
and exclusions. HUD’s regulations at 24
CFR part 15, entitled ‘‘Public Access to
HUD Records under the Freedom of
Information Act and Testimony and
Production of Information by HUD
Employees,’’ describe the policies and
procedures governing public access to
HUD records under FOIA.
On December 14, 2005, President
Bush issued Executive Order 13392,
entitled ‘‘Improving Agency Disclosure
of Information,’’ which acknowledged
the importance of participation by an
informed citizenry in the effective
functioning of our constitutional
democracy. Executive Order 13392 was
published in the Federal Register on
December 19, 2005 (70 FR 75373). It
required federal agencies to develop
agency-wide plans to ensure the
efficient and timely administration of
FOIA requests. Such plans were to
include specific activities that the
agency would implement to eliminate or
reduce the agency’s FOIA backlog, and
activities that would increase public
awareness of the agency’s FOIA
processing. HUD submitted its plan to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and the Attorney General on
June 14, 2006. (See https://www.hud.gov/
offices/ogc/foia/hudfoiaplanfinal.pdf.)
An integral part of HUD’s plan is the
realignment of FOIA processing
functions from the Office of General
Counsel to the Office of the Executive
Secretariat in the Office of
Administration. The realignment of
FOIA processing functions will improve
the efficiency and consistency of HUD’s
FOIA operations.
This notice announces to the public
that HUD has realigned its FOIA
processing functions from the Office of
General Counsel to the Office of the
Executive Secretariat in the Office of
Administration. FOIA requests that
were formerly submitted to the Office of
General Counsel should now be
submitted to the FOIA Office in the
Office of the Executive Secretariat in the
Office of Administration. Members of
the public requesting records from HUD
may continue to use the FOIA electronic
request form on HUD’s Internet site at
https://www.hud.gov/offices/ogc/foia/
foia.cfm. HUD is also undertaking
rulemaking to update its FOIA
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regulations in 24 CFR part 15 to reflect
the realignment of the Department’s
FOIA processing functions. This notice
advises the public of the realignment,
pending issuance of HUD’s updated
regulations.
Dated: February 5, 2007.
Keith A. Nelson,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4837–D–61]
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
Revocation and Redelegation of
Procurement Authority
Office of the Chief Procurement
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this Notice, the Chief
Procurement Officer revokes all current
redelegations of procurement authority
and redelegates procurement authority
to qualified Departmental employees.
DATES: Effective Date: January 30, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gloria Sochon, Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer for Policy and
Systems, Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer, Room 5276,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)
708–0294 (this is not a toll-free
number). Hearing or speech-impaired
individuals may access this number via
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of the Chief Procurement Officer has
recently undergone a significant
reorganization to re-align it within the
Department’s management structure and
to consolidate all contracting authority
and activity (headquarters and fieldbased) under the Chief Procurement
Officer. The reorganization also creates
four Assistant Chief Procurement
Officer positions, three of which are
responsible for operational contracting
activities. The fourth is responsible for
procurement policy and systems.
The Secretary of HUD has designated
the Chief Procurement Officer as the
Department’s Senior Procurement
Executive and transferred all
Departmental procurement authority to
the Chief Procurement Officer.
In this Notice, the Chief Procurement
Officer revokes all existing procurement
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authority previously redelegated, and
redelegates authority as follows:
Section C. No Authority To Further
Redelegate
Section A. Authority Revoked
Except as provided above in
paragraph B.1.b, the authority
redelegated in Section B, does not
include the authority to further
redelegate.
This document revokes the Notice of
Revocation and Redelegation of
Procurement Authority published in the
Federal Register on October 13, 1998
(63 FR 54723).
Section B. Authority Redelegated
1. The Chief Procurement Officer,
designated as the Department’s Senior
Procurement Executive, hereby:
a. Designates the Deputy Chief
Procurement Officer, the Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer for Program
Operations, the Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer for Support
Operations, and the Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer for Field
Operations as contracting officers; and
b. Redelegates to the Commercial
Credit Card Program Administrator
authority for credit card purchases
within the micro-purchase threshold
established in FAR Part 13. The
Commercial Credit Card Program
Administrator may further redelegate
this authority to qualified headquarters
employees.
2. In addition, the Chief Procurement
Officer may redelegate authority to:
a. Qualified Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer personnel, by way
of Certificates of Appointment as
contracting officers, to enter into,
administer, and/or terminate all
procurement contracts, and interagency
agreements entered into under the
authority of the Economy Act, for
property and services required by the
Department (including the placement of
paid advertisements in newspapers),
and make related determination and
findings; and
b. Qualified Departmental employees,
to engage in the following purchasing
procedures:
Simplified acquisitions (FAR Part 13);
and
Issuance of orders under contracts
established by other Government
sources in accordance with FAR Part 8,
or under pre-priced indefinite-delivery
contracts established by the Department.
Authority: Section 7(d), Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act (42
U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Joseph A. Neurauter,
Chief Procurement Officer.
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We must receive your
information no later than April 16,
2007. However, we will continue to
accept new information about any listed
species at any time.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for instructions on how to
submit information and review the
information that we receive on these
species.
DATES:
For
species-specific information, contact the
appropriate individual listed under
‘‘Public Solicitation of New
Information.’’ For contact information
about completed 5-year reviews, see
‘‘Completed 5-Year Reviews.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Background
Fish and Wildlife Service
Why Do We Conduct a 5-Year Review?
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews
of 58 Species in California and Nevada;
Availability of Completed 5-Year
Reviews in California and Nevada
Under the Endangered Species Act
(Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we
maintain a List of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants at 50
CFR 17.11 (for animals) and 17.12 (for
plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act
requires that we conduct a review of
listed species at least once every 5 years.
Then, on the basis of such reviews
under section 4(c)(2)(B), we determine
whether or not any species should be
removed from the List (delisted), or
reclassified from endangered to
threatened or from threatened to
endangered. Delisting a species must be
supported by the best scientific and
commercial data available and only
considered if such data substantiates
that the species is neither endangered
nor threatened for one or more of the
following reasons: (1) The species is
considered extinct; (2) the species is
considered to be recovered; and/or (3)
the original data available when the
species was listed, or the interpretation
of such data, were in error. Any change
in Federal classification would require a
separate rulemaking process. The
regulations in 50 CFR 424.21 require
that we publish a notice in the Federal
Register announcing those species
currently under active review. This
notice announces our active review of
the 58 species listed in Table 1.
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year
reviews; availability of completed 5-year
reviews.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
initiation of a 5-year review of 58
species under section 4(c)(2)(B) of the
Endangered Species Act (Act). The
purpose of a 5-year review is to ensure
that the classification of a species as
threatened or endangered on the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants is accurate and based on the
best scientific and commercial data
available at the time of the review. We
are requesting submission of any such
information that has become available
since the original listing of each of these
58 species. Based on the results of these
5-year reviews, we will make the
requisite findings under section
4(c)(2)(A) of the Act. We also indicate in
this notice the 5-year reviews we
completed for species in California and
Nevada in FY 2006.
TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF LISTING INFORMATION FOR 58 SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
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Common name
Scientific name
Status
Where listed
Final listing rule
Animals
Bighorn (Sierra Nevada DPS)
Ovis canadensis californiana ..........
Endangered ...............
California tiger salamander Ambystoma californiense ................
(Santa Barbara County DPS).
Clover Valley speckled dace ... Rhinichthys osculus oligoporus ......
Endangered ...............
U.S.A. (CA—Sierra Nevada).
U.S.A (Santa Barbara
County, CA).
U.S.A. (NV) ....................
65 FR 20 (03–
JAN–00).
65 FR 57241
(21–SEP–00).
54 FR 41448
(10–OCT–89).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4837-D-61]
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer Revocation and
Redelegation of Procurement Authority
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this Notice, the Chief Procurement Officer revokes all
current redelegations of procurement authority and redelegates
procurement authority to qualified Departmental employees.
DATES: Effective Date: January 30, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria Sochon, Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer for Policy and Systems, Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer, Room 5276, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone
(202) 708-0294 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
has recently undergone a significant reorganization to re-align it
within the Department's management structure and to consolidate all
contracting authority and activity (headquarters and field-based) under
the Chief Procurement Officer. The reorganization also creates four
Assistant Chief Procurement Officer positions, three of which are
responsible for operational contracting activities. The fourth is
responsible for procurement policy and systems.
The Secretary of HUD has designated the Chief Procurement Officer
as the Department's Senior Procurement Executive and transferred all
Departmental procurement authority to the Chief Procurement Officer.
In this Notice, the Chief Procurement Officer revokes all existing
procurement
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authority previously redelegated, and redelegates authority as follows:
Section A. Authority Revoked
This document revokes the Notice of Revocation and Redelegation of
Procurement Authority published in the Federal Register on October 13,
1998 (63 FR 54723).
Section B. Authority Redelegated
1. The Chief Procurement Officer, designated as the Department's
Senior Procurement Executive, hereby:
a. Designates the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, the Assistant
Chief Procurement Officer for Program Operations, the Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer for Support Operations, and the Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer for Field Operations as contracting officers; and
b. Redelegates to the Commercial Credit Card Program Administrator
authority for credit card purchases within the micro-purchase threshold
established in FAR Part 13. The Commercial Credit Card Program
Administrator may further redelegate this authority to qualified
headquarters employees.
2. In addition, the Chief Procurement Officer may redelegate
authority to:
a. Qualified Office of the Chief Procurement Officer personnel, by
way of Certificates of Appointment as contracting officers, to enter
into, administer, and/or terminate all procurement contracts, and
interagency agreements entered into under the authority of the Economy
Act, for property and services required by the Department (including
the placement of paid advertisements in newspapers), and make related
determination and findings; and
b. Qualified Departmental employees, to engage in the following
purchasing procedures:
Simplified acquisitions (FAR Part 13); and
Issuance of orders under contracts established by other Government
sources in accordance with FAR Part 8, or under pre-priced indefinite-
delivery contracts established by the Department.
Section C. No Authority To Further Redelegate
Except as provided above in paragraph B.1.b, the authority
redelegated in Section B, does not include the authority to further
redelegate.
Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Joseph A. Neurauter,
Chief Procurement Officer.
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