DOE O 100.1, Secretarial Succession

DISTRIBUTION: INITIATED BY: All Departmental Elements The Secretary of Energy U.S. Department of Energy ORDER Washington, D.C. Approved: 12-10-01 Sunset Review: 12-10-03 Expiration: 12-10-05 SUBJECT: SECRETARIAL SUCCESSION 1. PURPOSE. To establish the Secretarial line of succession in the Department of Energy pursuant to section 202(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7132(a). 2. CANCELLATION. Any prior memoranda or other directives prescribing Secretarial succession are hereby superseded. 3. LINE OF SUCCESSION. The following officials, in the order indicated, shall act as Secretary of Energy in the event of the absence or disability of the Secretary, until the absence or disability ceases, or in the case of a vacancy, until a successor is appointed: a. Deputy Secretary b. Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary c. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security d. Under Secretary e. General Counsel f. Any other Departmental official designated by the Secretary g. Manager, Albuquerque Operations Office 4. Unless designated pursuant to 3. f. above, no individual serving in an acting capacity in the positions described in 3. a. through e. above is included in this succession Order. 5. Any official serving as acting Secretary pursuant to this succession Order, during the period of service as acting Secretary under this Order, may exercise all authority vested by law in the Secretary. SPENCER ABRAHAM Secretary of Energy DOE O 100.1 CANCELE D