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Memorandum for the Commissioner of Social Security
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary October 17, 2008

Memorandum for the Commissioner of Social Security SUBJECT: Designation of
Officers of the Social Security Administration to Act as the Commissioner
of Social Security

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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, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:

Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of
this memorandum, the following officials of the Social Security
Administration, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions
and duties of the office of the Commissioner of Social Security
(Commissioner), during any period in which both the Commissioner and Deputy
Commissioner have died, resigned, or become otherwise unable to perform the
functions and duties of the office of the Commissioner, until such time as
the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner are able to perform the duties of
that office:

(a) Chief of Staff;

(b) Deputy Commissioner for Operations;

(c) Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance

and Management;

(d) Deputy Commissioner for Systems;

(e) Deputy Commissioner for Quality Performance;

(f) Regional Commissioner, Atlanta; and

(g) Regional Commissioner, Dallas.

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in
section 1 in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as
Commissioner pursuant to this memorandum.

(b) No individual listed in section 1 shall act as Commissioner unless that
individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President
retains the discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this
memorandum in designating an acting Commissioner.

Sec. 3. This memorandum supersedes the President's Memorandum of April 17,
2006 (Designation of Officers of the Social Security Administration).

Sec. 4. This memorandum is intended to improve the internal management of
the executive branch and 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 agencies, instrumentalities, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

Sec. 5. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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