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Presidential Memorandum

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

This memorandum establishes the order of succession for the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), specifying that the Deputy Director of Field Operations, then the Deputy Director, then the Manager of National Programs and Initiatives shall serve as acting Director if the position becomes vacant. It includes exemptions for acting officials and preserves presidential discretion to depart from this order.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 7629

Impact dates

  1. Publication in Federal Register directed but no date specified

Key directives

  • Establish succession order: Deputy Director, Field Operations; then Deputy Director; then Manager, National Programs and Initiatives
  • Exclude acting officials from succession by virtue of acting service
  • Require eligibility under Federal Vacancies Reform Act
  • Preserve presidential discretion to depart from memorandum
  • Direct publication in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Order of succession takes effect upon signing

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Continuity of FMCS leadership during future vacancies

Risks & tensions

  • Minimal tension; standard administrative housekeeping
  • Presidential discretion clause in Sec. 2(c) provides flexibility but also uncertainty about binding nature
Presidential Memorandum: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service · Executive Orders