Indian Health Service
                                                                                                                                       Rockville MD 20857

               TO:       Area Directors

               FROM:  Acting Director
                             Division of Personnel Management

           SUBJECT: Delegation of Personnel Administration Authorities
 

         Authority Delegated and to Whom

      1.  Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Director,
           Division of Personnel Management, by the Acting Associate
           Director, Office of Human Resources (OHR), Indian Health
           Service (IHS), on APR 12 1995 I hereby delegate to the
          Area Directors the following personnel administration
           authorities to be exercised for the IHS employees in the IHS
          Area Offices and Service Units. These authorities were
           previously delegated to the Regional Directors in Regions
           VI, VIII, IX and X.

       This delegation includes the following authorities:

        a. Appointing

        b. Classification

        c. Appointments above the minimum rate

        d. Approve, disapprove, and/or extend special purpose
            Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignments of IHS
            employees grades 15 and below or equivalent to Indian
            tribes or tribal organizations under both of the
            following conditions:

           (1) A takeover contract between IHS and an Indian tribe
                 or tribal organization as authorized by Public Law
                 (P.L.) 93-638 provides for such IPA assignments

(2) The assignee is an incumbent of a position in a
      contracted function at the time of its takeover or
      is a substitute for such an incumbent as authorized
      by P.L. l00-472

           g.  Authorizing and acquiring training

           h. Waiver of the employment agreemont that requires the
                employee to remain in Government service for a period of
               1 year from their date of appointment or transfer when
                the reason for early separation is one that is beyond
                the control of the employee. This covers payment for
                travel and transportation expenses (1) to the first duty
               station: (2) to overseas duty stations: or (3)
               incidental to a permanent change of station.

          Redelegations and Restrictions

          2: The authorities delegated in paragraph 1. above may be
               redelegated to Area and Service Unit personnel officials
               as appropriate.

         3. For the authorities delegated above, the area of
             authority of the Aberdeen Area includes personnel at the
             Bemidji Area: and the area of authority of the Oklahoma
             City Area includes personnel at the Nashville Area.

         4. The authority delegated in paragraph lb. above requires
             prior concurrence by the Director, Division of Personnel
             Management, IHS, for supervisory personnel positions at
             GS-12 and above.

        5. To the extent that previous redelegations of  these
            authorities to IHS officials are consistent with the
            provisions of this deleqation, they may remain in
            effect.

        Information and Guidance

        6. Information and requirements for exercising these
           authorities are contained in various laws, regulations,
           and Health. and Human Services and PHS Personnel
            Instructions associated with the subject areas.

       Effective Date

       7. This delegation is effective April 1, 1995.