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BOP Program Statement 1120.18 § 6
DELEGATIONS AND PROCEDURES. All delegations must be in
writing and include effective dates. At the institution level,
copies of delegations of authority must be provided to the
Regional Director.
Designees have full and direct authority of the position
delegated. Decisions to delegate authority must take into
PS 1120.18
3/16/99
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account the designee's experience and abilities.
Only under unusual circumstances shall authority be delegated to
other persons or redelegated further by an employee in an acting
capacity, and ordinarily the redesignation will be the next
person in the chain-of-command.
a. Central Office
(1) Director. When the Director is absent, an Assistant
Director shall be designated Acting Director. If no Assistant
Director is available, the Director shall designate another
employee as Acting Director.
(2) Assistant Director. When an Assistant Director is
absent, the Deputy Assistant Director of the appropriate Division
shall be designated Acting Assistant Director. In the absence of
a Deputy Assistant Director, the Assistant Director shall
designate another employee as Acting Assistant Director.
b. Regional Director. When a Regional Director is absent, the
Deputy Regional Director shall be designated Acting Regional
Director. In the absence of a Deputy Regional Director, the
Regional Director shall designate a Regional Administrator,
Warden, or other employee as Acting Regional Director.
c. Wardens. In most situations, Wardens request and receive
prior regional approval before taking leave. When the Warden is
absent, an Associate Warden, or Superintendent of Industries,
shall be designated as Acting Warden. If those individuals are
absent, the Warden may designate a Department Head or other
employee as Acting Warden.
d. Directors of Staff Training Centers. When the Directors of
the Management and Specialty Training Center or the Staff
Training Academy are absent, that Director shall designate an
employee of that facility as Acting Director.
/s/
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer
Director
History
PS 1120.18 dated 1999-03-16
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