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B-332618 1 (2021-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ijoo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE G A0 A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-332618 January 19, 2021 The President The White House Subject: Violation of the Time Limit Imposed by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, U. S. Department of State Dear Mr. President: Pursuant to section 3349(b) of title 5 of the United States Code, we are reporting a violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (Vacancies Act) at the U.S. Department of State (State) with respect to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs position. Pub. L. No. 105-277, div. C, title I, 112 Stat. 2681-611 (Oct. 21, 1998), as amended, 5 U.S.C. §§ 3345-3349d. Specifically, we are reporting that the service of Pamela D. Pryor as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from June 28, 2020, until on or about October 19, 2020, was in violation of the Vacancies Act. Because no one is currently using the acting title for this position, there is no continuing violation. The Vacancies Act establishes requirements for temporarily authorizing an acting official to perform the functions and duties of certain vacant positions that require presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. Generally, the Vacancies Act limits the service of an acting official to 210 days beginning on the date the vacancy occurs. 5 U.S.C. § 3346(a). Under the provisions of section 3349(b), the Comptroller General is required, upon a determination that an acting official has served longer than the allowable period of service, to report such findings to Congress, the President, and the Office of Personnel Management. State reported to us that a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs began on November 30, 2019, and that Jonathan Moore was designated as the acting official.1 GAO's Executive Vacancy System. The 210-day period of permissible acting service ended on June 27, 2020, but until on or about October 19, 2020, the State website and the Twitter account for the Bureau of International Organization of Affairs listed Pamela D. Pryor as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. 1 The vacancy began due to the resignation of Kevin E. Moley.

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