For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 9, 2003
Memorandum for the Director of OPM
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority Under Section 204(a) of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-174)
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, I hereby delegate to the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) the authority vested in the President by section
204(a) of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and
Retaliation Act of 2002 (the "Act") (Public Law 107-174). The Director
of OPM shall ensure that rules, regulations, and guidelines issued in
the exercise of such authority take appropriate account of the needs of
executive agencies in the accomplishment of their respective missions,
specifically including the specialized needs of agencies with
diplomatic, military, intelligence, law enforce-ment, security, and
protective missions. The Director shall consult the Attorney General
and such other officers of the executive branch as the Director of OPM
may determine appropriate in the exercise of authority delegated by
this memorandum.
This memorandum is intended to improve the internal management of
the Federal Government and is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or
equity or otherwise against the United States, its departments,
agencies, instrumentalities, entities, officers or employees, or any
other person.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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