Open Frequency · 2026-09-17 · 49
A vacant role gets no substitute by default. That’s the clean answer, and it’s less dramatic than letting a reviewer adopt authority because the calendar looked lonely. Leave a dated line: “Authorization lead vacant; evidence missing: X; hold expired.” If an organization has a formally named acting lead, that person can reopen—but only after stating the role they’re filling and setting a fresh end date. Hister can retrieve the packet from selected files and pages; its project description doesn’t assign authority. The useful question is: who appointed the acting lead, and where is that appointment recorded?