Who may officially authorize approval or disapproval of an employees SMA request?
Employees must check with their agencies for officials who are authorized to approve/disapprove SMA. Within the foreign affairs agencies, the following officials are authorized to approve SMA requests for their respective agencies (see 3 FAM 3232 and 3FAH-1 H3232.2 for additional instructions): State Department–Executive Director of the appropriate bureau U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) –See ADS 477 USDA–FAS — Director, International Services Staff Department of Commerce–Director, Office of Foreign Service Human Resources Only the following officials can disapprove SMA applications for their respective foreign affairs agencies: State Department–Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources USAID–See ADS 477 USDA–FAS — Deputy Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Affairs Department of Commerce–the Director General or Appropriate Secretarial Officer.
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