[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR2.7]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 2--ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of 
Contents
 
    Subpart A--Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
 
Sec. 2.7  General delegations.

    (a) This section sets forth general delegations to the officers or 
employees named in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) The officers authorized to exercise authorities in paragraph (c) 
of this section are:
    (1) Deputy Director;
    (2) Chief of Staff;
    (3) Inspector General;
    (4) General Counsel;
    (5) Director of the Office of Congressional and Governmental 
Affairs;
    (6) Director of the Office of Emergency Information and Public 
Affairs;
    (7) Director of the Office of Policy and Assessment;
    (8) Director of the Office of Human Resources Management;
    (9) Director of the Office of Equal Rights;
    (10) Chief Financial Officer;
    (11) Director of the Office of Regional Operations;
    (12) Regional Directors;
    (13) Federal Insurance Administrator;
    (14) United States Fire Administrator;
    (15) Associate Director for Mitigation;
    (16) Associate Director for Preparedness, Training, and Exercises;

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    (17) Associate Director for Response and Recovery; and
    (18) Associate Director for Operations Support.
    (c) Each officer named in paragraph (b) of this section is 
authorized to:
    (1) Approve official travel as temporary duty travel on official 
business and allowable expenses incidental thereto for employees of 
their respective organizational units, in accordance with the Federal 
Travel Regulations; except that travel to and from points outside of the 
United States is subject to prior notification to the Director and 
foreign travel (i.e., travel outside the United States and its insular 
areas) is subject to prior approval of the Director. However, no officer 
or employee may approve his or her own travel. Travel of officers named 
in paragraph (b) of this section is approved by the Deputy Director or 
the Chief of Staff, except that travel of a Regional Director may be 
approved by the Deputy Regional Director for that Region.
    (2) Approve travel advances of funds through disbursing officers or 
imprest fund cashiers for employees of the respective organizational 
units who are entitled to per diem or mileage allowance or subsistence 
expenses in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations.
    (3) Approve travel vouchers for employees of their respective 
organizational units.
    (4) Approve travel by employees of their respective organizations at 
the invitation and expense of parties outside of the Federal Government, 
with the concurrence of the Designated Agency Ethics Officer (DAEO) or a 
Deputy DAEO;
    (5) Approve funding requisitions;
    (6) As appropriate, issue final agency decisions on individual or 
class complaints of discrimination because of race, color, national 
origin, religion, sex, disability, age, or economic status.
    (7) Promulgate internal guidance to cover areas of assigned 
responsibilities.
    (8) Approve training costing less than $2500 (all expenses) or 
training of less than 80 hours in duration, whichever is more 
restrictive, except that this authority does not include authority to 
approve training involving the use of facilities of foreign governments 
or international organizations, which must be approved by the Director; 
or the authority to approve acceptance by employees of contributions or 
awards from non-Government organizations, whether in cash or in kind, 
which must be approved by the Director.
    (9) Adjust working hours for individual employees when there is 
special justification therefor that it is in the interest of FEMA or to 
accommodate individual needs of employees for legitimate reasons where 
the work of the agency will not be impeded.
    (10) Approve incentive awards to subordinates, Public Service 
Awards, cash awards of $1,500 or less for individuals and quality 
within-grade salary increases.
    (11) Enter into and administer funded and unfunded memoranda of 
understanding with respect to assigned duties.
    (12) Classify documents derivatively, based on the original 
classification by other Federal agencies or the Director.