Delegations of Authority -- Delegations of Authority to All Principal Offices

Date	DOA Number	Title of Delegation	Documents
12/3/1998	EL/GEN/1	Authority to certify fund availability	PDF (103KB)
11/23/1999	EA/GEN/3	Authority under 5 CFR Part 6301 and Executive Orders 12674 and 12731 to make determinations with respect to requests for approval of outside activities and employment	PDF (116KB)
5/25/2004	EM/GEN/8	Authority to certify true copies of ED records in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 3485	PDF (79KB)
12/13/2005	EA/GEN/10	Authority for approving requests by advisory and operational committees to hold meetings at other than Headquarters location	PDF (175KB)
12/14/2005	EA/GEN/11	Authority for making determinations that advisory committee meetings, or portions thereof, may be closed to the public	PDF (109KB)
6/15/2006	EA/GEN/12	Authority to approve and sign certain documents for publication in the Federal Register	PDF (261KB)
3/5/2008	EA/GEN/12-A	Amendment to the authority to approve and sign certain documents for publication in the Federal Register to add the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), Department of Education, to the list of Principal Addressees	PDF(128KB)
4/29/2008	EA/GEN/12-B	Amendment No. 2 to the authority to approve and sign certain documents for publication in the Federal Register to add the position of Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary, to list of Principal Addressees	PDF(127KB)
4/8/2008	EMH/GEN/13	Authority under 5 U.S.C. § 2903 to administer oaths of office to members of advisory and other committees who receive administrative support from your Principal Office, or your respective functional area of responsibility	PDF(108KB)
5/23/2008	EI/GEN/15	Authority to approve travel within the Continental United States and “non-foreign” travel areas; to certify travel authorizations and travel vouchers, and to approve direct flights as indicated by the Federal Travel Regulation	PDF(111KB)
9/4/1992	EA/GEN/varied2	Authority described in 34 C.F.R. Part 8 regarding demands issued to Departmental employees for testimony or records in legal proceedings	PDF(78KB)
11/7/1995	EA/GEN/varied3	Authority to accept, pursuant to section 421 of the DEOA, 20 U.S.C. 3481, as amended, gifts of travel provided by ED employee for his or her own official travel	PDF(84KB)
7/31/1996	EA/GEN/varied4	Authority under 5 U.S.C. Section 3595(b)(3)(B) to file written objections to the Office of Personnel Management, when appropriate, regarding referred SES qualifications	PDF(79KB)
10/12/2012	EN/GEN/16	Authority to assert deliberative process privilege as a basis for withholding documents or testimony	PDF(90KB)