DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
                 _____________________________________________________________________________
 
                                                                                                                                             Memorandum
 
 
 
 

Date   AUG 111988
 

From  Assistant Secretary for
          Personnel Administration

Subject  Delegation of Authority to Propose and Decide on Adverse
              Actions Under HHS Personnel Instruction 752-l
 

To   Heads of Operating Divisions
       Regional Directors for Regions VI, VIII, IX, and X

     1. Under the authority vested in the Assistant Secretary for
         Personnel Administration by memorandum from the Secretary
         dated January 24, 1983, I hereby delegate the authority
         to propose and.decide adverse actions under HHS Personnel
         Instruction 752-1, Adverse Actions, to Heads of Operating
         Divisions, including the Assistant Secretary for Management
         and Budget for the Office of the Secretary, for employees
         in their respective organizations, including employees in
         or under a regional office.

2.   This authority may be redelegated, and further redelegation
       may be authorized. A deciding official must be a different
      and higher level official than a proposing official for any
      adverse action under this 'authority, except in the case of
      furloughs or any action for which thirty days advance
      written notice is not required by 5 CFR Part 752. All
     redelegations must be in writing and in accordance with the
     requirements of HHS Personnel Instruction 250-3 and Chapter
     8-100 of the HHS General Administration Manual.

3. I hereby delegate the authority cited above to the
    Regional Directors of Regions VI, VIII, IX, and X for the
    personnel staffs of each Indian Health Service Area that
   has its Area Office in their respective regions. I hereby
   delegate the authority cited above to the Regional Director,
   Region VI, for the personnel staff of the Gillis W. Long
   Hansen's Disease Center. The authority for these person
   nel staffs must be redelegated and further redelegation
   authorized. Redelegations are to be from the Regional
   Directors to the Regional Personnel Officers or Regional
   Personnel Managers, who are to redelegate to the Indian
   Health Service Area Directors, and to the Director of the
  Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center for the personnel
  staffs of those organizations.

4.  This delegation does not include the authority retained
     by the Secretary to make the decision on the suspension or
     removal of an employee, whether in a sensitive or a non
     sensitive position, on grounds of disloyalty or subversion.

5.  Requirements and instructions for exercising this authority
     are contained in 5 CFR Part 752 as supplemented by HHS
     Personnel Instruction 752-l.

6.  This delegation is effective immediately. It supersedes
     the ASPER delegation' memorandum of September 30, 1982,
    Subject: Delegation of Authority to Propose and Decide on
    Adverse Actions Under HHS Personnel Instruction 752-1.
    However, existing redelegations made under that memorandum
    that are consistent with the provisions of this delegation
    will continue in effect until new redelegations are made
    under the authority of this memorandum.

/Thomas S. McFee/
Thomas S. McFee