The definition of "official responsibility" is the "direct administrative or operating authority, whether intermediate or final, and whether exercisable along or with another, and either personally through subordinates, to approve, disapprove, or otherwise direct Government action." The scope of your "official responsibility" is determined by those area assigned by statue, regulation, Executive Order, job description or delegation of authority.

For supervisors, "official responsibility" includes all particular matters under consideration in your office or within the responsibility of any of your employees who participate in the matter with the scope of their duties. For an Agency head, all matters are deemed to be within his or her "official responsibility."

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