[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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.