[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: 39CFR222.8]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 222--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 222.8  Authority to designate certifying officers--field.

    (a) Delegation. The following are authorized to designate certifying 
officers in Postal Data Centers and Inspection Service regions and 
divisions:
    (1) The Chief Postal Inspector, for obligations of the Inspection 
Service.
    (2) Postal Data Center Directors for obligations of all other 
regional functions.
    (3) The New York Postal Data Center Director for obligations for 
Headquarters functions except those under Sec. 222.7(a) (1) and (2) and 
those certified by the Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Finance, or 
designee.
    (b) Redelegation. The officials named in paragraph (a) of this 
section are authorized to redelegate their authority to designate 
certifying officers. Redelegations shall be by letter to each disbursing 
officer affected, with the specimen signature of the person to whom 
authority is redelegated.
    (c) Designating certifying officers--(1) Regional Chief Postal 
Inspectors and Postal Inspectors-in-Charge. Regional Chief Postal 
Inspectors and Postal Inspectors-in-Charge are designated certifying 
officers, as limited by the Chief Postal Inspector. They are authorized 
to designate certifying officers for obligations incurred by the Postal 
Inspection Service. They will complete SF 210 in duplicate to show:
    (i) Postal Inspection Service region or division for which vouchers 
will be certified.
    (ii) Signature of certifying officer written in the same manner that 
he will sign vouchers.
    (iii) Class of vouchers to be certified.
    (iv) Signature of the designating official and effective date. 
Regional Chief Postal Inspectors and Postal Inspectors--in--Charge are 
not authorized to redelegate their authority to designate authorized 
certifying officers.
    (2) Postal Data Center Directors. Officers under direction of Postal 
Data Center Directors will complete SF 210

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in duplicate as in paragraph (c)(1) of this section except for signature 
and date. Both copies will be sent to the appropriate Postal Data Center 
Director for completion.
    (3) Submitting SF 210 to disbursing officer. The Regional Chief 
Postal Inspector, Postal Inspectors-in-Charge, and Postal Data Center 
Director (or designees) will send the originals of SF 210 to each 
disbursing officer affected and keep the duplicates. These will be the 
official designations of the employees named on the SF 210 as certifying 
officers.
    (d) Maintaining designations. Each office under jurisdiction of the 
officials named in Sec. 222.8 must keep current its designation of 
authorized certifying officers. When new additional designations are 
made, this Sec. 222.8 shall be followed.

[38 FR 20404, July 31, 1973, as amended at 51 FR 40796, Nov. 10, 1986; 
54 FR 29707, July 14, 1989]