# 2025-00679: State Department Updates Who's in Charge of Democracy Stuff

2025-00679, Delegation of Authority-Authorities of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective 2025-01-10 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00679
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00679
- Title: Delegation of Authority-Authorities of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: 2025-01-10
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

State Department Updates Who's in Charge of Democracy Stuff

## Summary

The Secretary of State has officially handed over all powers of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights to Todd D. Robinson starting January 10, 2025. This means Todd can now make important decisions in these areas until a new Under Secretary is confirmed. No new money is involved, but this keeps things running smoothly in the meantime.

## Abstract

The State Department is publishing a Delegation of Authority signed by the Secretary of State on December 20, 2024.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-00679 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00679/delegation-of-authority-authorities-of-the-under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human)
- [2025-00679 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00679.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00679 (as of 2026-06-08).