Designation of Officials of the Office of Personnel Management To Act as Director

Presidential Document Memorandum

Designation of Officials of the Office of Personnel Management To Act as Director

This memorandum, issued by the President on January 3, 2025, outlines the order of succession for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director position. It specifies which officials will assume the Director's duties if both the Director and Deputy Director are unable to serve. The memorandum also revokes a previous order from December 10, 2020, and clarifies that the President retains discretion in designating an acting Director.

  • Order of succession for OPM Director includes: Chief of Staff, General Counsel, Chief Management Officer, Associate Director of Workforce Policy and Innovation, Chief Financial Officer, Associate Director of Retirement Services, and other Associate Directors by seniority.
  • Individuals serving in an acting capacity in these roles cannot act as Director.
  • The President retains discretion to designate an acting Director outside of this order.
  • Revokes the previous succession order from December 10, 2020.
  • The memorandum does not create enforceable rights or benefits against the U.S. government.

Summary last updated: January 20, 2025

Original Text
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 2595-2596] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-00672] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 7 / Monday, January 13, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 2595]] Memorandum of January 3, 2025 Designation of Officials of the Office of Personnel Management To Act as Director Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), it is hereby ordered that: Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this memorandum, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officials of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the Director of OPM (Director) during any period in which both the Director and the Deputy Director have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Director: (a) Chief of Staff; (b) General Counsel; (c) Chief Management Officer; (d) Associate Director, Workforce Policy and Innovation; (e) Chief Financial Officer; (f) Associate Director, Retirement Services; and (g) other Associate Directors, in order of seniority based on date of appointment to such position. Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 of this memorandum in an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act as Director pursuant to this memorandum. (b) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 of this memorandum shall act as Director unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Act. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this memorandum in designating an acting Director. Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of December 10, 2020 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Personnel Management), is hereby revoked. Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. [[Page 2596]] (d) You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, January 3, 2025 [FR Doc. 2025-00672 Filed 1-10-25; 8:45 am] Billing code 6325-39-P

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