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Assistant Secretary's Orders (ASO)

Assistant Secretary's Orders (ASOs) are limited to delegations of authority, emergency directives, special assignment of functions, and initial policy and functional statements establishing a new organizational unit. ASO provisions remain in effect for one year unless extended, revoked, or incorporated into the Indian Affairs Manual. ASOs are signed only by the Assistant Secretary, the Deputy Assistant Secretaries, or an Acting Assistant Secretary.

ASO Citation	Title	Issue Date	Status
ASO-1	Reassignment of Personnel Security and Emergency Management Functions	09/24/04	Superseded by Amendment 1
ASO-1, amend 1	Reassignment of Personnel Security and Emergency Management Functions	03/21/05	Superseded by Amendment 2
ASO-1, amend 2	Reassignment of Personnel Security and Emergency Management Functions	10/19/05	Expired 10/19/06
ASO-2	Reassignment of Correspondence Control Functions and Certain Freedom of Information Act Activities	02/11/05	Superseded by Amendment 1
ASO-2, amend 1	Reassignment of Correspondence Control Functions and Certain Freedom of Information Act Activities	12/29/05	Expired 12/29/06; Incorporated in the 6/21/07 Department Manual (DM) update
ASO-3	Reorganization of the Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs	09/11/09	Expired 9/11/10 and superseded by 2015 DM updates to the Indian Affairs organization
ASO-7	Reassignment of Personnel Security and Emergency Management Functions	05/23/08	Expired 6/08/09; Incorporated in the 2009-2010 DM update

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