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NOAA
Certifying Officers
NOAA Administrative Issuance
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
SSMC-4 Room 8626
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-713-0836
The Administrative
Issuance staff coordinates administrative activities
associated with the Department's redelegation of
Certifying Officer authority for authorized NOAA
officials to "affix the seal of the Department
of Commerce to certifications as to the official
nature of copies of correspondence and records from
the files, publications, and other documents of the
Department." Staff members listed below will
provide guidance on requesting delegated authority
and on steps for obtaining and protecting the seal
as well as for reporting theft, loss, or misuse of
the seal.
Management Analyst
Administrative Management
3301-713-0800, x101
The
Department's Assistant Secretary for Administration
has delegated authority to various NOAA officials
to act as Certifying Officers. The officials are "authorized,
without power of further re-delegation, to sign as
Certifying Officers ... and to affix the seal of
the Department to such certifications for all purposes...." A
current list of NOAA officials authorized to provide
Certifying
Officer services will be maintained at
this website by AMES.
NOAA's Certifying Officers will perform
their duties in accordance with Section 4. of Department
Administrative Order (DAO) 201-17, The Seal
of the Department of Commerce. NOAA
Administrative Order (NAO) 201-17, Redelegation of Authority
to Act as Certifying Officer, covers administrative
aspects of the program within
NOAA.
Commerce
Department form CD64 - "Certificate of
a True Copy".
The form has been designed for use when the custodian
of the records certifies material as a true copy
of the record and the Certifying Officer certifies
that the official named in the certification is in
fact the custodian of the records.
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