[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR222.7]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 222--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 222.7  Authority to designate certifying officers--headquarters.

    (a) Delegation. The following are authorized to designate certifying 
officers at Headquarters for the items specified:
    (1) The Chief Postal Inspector, for: (i) Payment from his special 
deposit account; (ii) disbursements for rewards based on Postmaster 
General Notices of Reward; (iii) payments from confidential funds; (iv) 
salary payments for Special Investigations Division; (v) advances of 
funds for confidential purposes; (vi) inspection service, travel 
advances, transportation of things; and (vii) payments for special 
analyses and services.

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    (2) The General Counsel certifies payments relating to tort claims 
and claims under 39 U.S.C. 2603.
    (3) The Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Finance, certifies all 
payments not covered by paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of this section.
    (b) Redelegation. The officials named in paragraph (a) of this 
section are authorized to redelegate their authority to designate 
certifying officers. The redelegation shall be made by letter to the 
appropriate Postal Data Center disbursing officer and must bear the 
specimen signature of the person to whom the authority is redelegated.
    (c) Designating certifying officers--(1) Inspection Service and Law 
Department. Officials authorized to designate certifying officers (see 
paragraph (a) of this section) will complete SF 210, Signature/
Designation Card for Certifying Officer, in duplicate for each Postal 
Data Center officer affected to show:
    (i) Name of department for which vouchers will be certified.
    (ii) Signature of certifying officer written exactly as vouchers 
will be signed.
    (iii) Class of vouchers to be certified.
    (iv) The official's signature and effective date.
    (2) Other departments and offices. Other departments and offices 
requiring certifying officers will complete SF 210 in duplicate as 
prescribed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, except for signature and 
date. Both copies will be sent to the Senior Assistant Postmaster 
General, Finance.
    (3) Submitting SF 210 to Postal Data Center disbursing officers. The 
Chief Postal Inspector, the General Counsel, and the Senior Assistant 
Postmaster General, Finance, or their designees shall send signed 
originals of SF 210 to each of the disbursing officers affected and 
retain duplicates. These documents will be the official designations of 
the employees named on the SF 210 as certifying officers.
    (d) Maintaining designations. Each group, department and office must 
keep current its designation of authorized certifying officers. When new 
or additional designations are made, the procedures for designating 
certifying officers contained in this section shall be followed.

[38 FR 20404, July 31, 1973, as amended at 43 FR 29117, July 6, 1978; 51 
FR 40798, Nov. 10, 1986; 54 FR 29707, July 14, 1989]