[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 231 (Thursday, November 30, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 71233-71234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30690]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Executive Order 13176 of November 27, 2000

                
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including 5 U.S.C. 7301, to further the 
                purposes of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as 
                amended, and to assist the transition from this 
                Administration to that of the President- elect, it is 
                hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Presidential Transition Coordination. (a) To 
                assist and support the transition efforts of the 
                President-elect, there is established a Presidential 
                Transition Coordinating Council (Council).

                    (b) The Council shall be composed of the following 
                officials or their designees:

                 1. Chief of Staff to the President;

                 2. Counsel to the President;

                 3. Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary;

                 4. Assistant to the President for Management and 
                Administration;

                 5. Assistant to the President and Director of 
                Presidential Personnel;

                 6. Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

                 7. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

                 8. Director of the Office of Personnel Management;

                 9. Administrator of General Services;

                 10. Archivist of the United States;

                 11. Commissioner of Internal Revenue;

                 12. Director of the Office of Government Ethics; and

                 13. Such others as the President may select.

                    (c) The Council shall be chaired by the Chief of 
                Staff to the President or his designee.
                    (d) The Council shall coordinate assistance to the 
                President-elect in fulfilling his responsibilities and 
                make every reasonable effort to facilitate the 
                transition between administrations. This assistance may 
                include, among other things, providing publicly 
                available information relevant to facilitating the 
                personnel aspects of a presidential transition and such 
                other information that, in the Council's judgement, is 
                useful and appropriate as long as providing such 
                information is not otherwise prohibited by law.

                Sec. 2. Transition Activities and Materials. (a) The 
                Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 
                the Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, 
                the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and 
                the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, shall 
                coordinate orientation activities for key prospective 
                Presidential appointees.

                    (b) The Administrator of General Services, in 
                consultation with the Director of the Office of 
                Presidential Personnel, the Director of the Office of 
                Personnel Management, and the Archivist of the United 
                States, shall develop a transition directory. The 
                transition directory shall include Federal publications 
                and materials that provide information on the officers, 
                organization, and statutory and administrative 
                authorities, functions, duties, responsibilities, and 
                mission of each department and agency.

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                    (c) The White House Office of Presidential 
                Personnel shall coordinate with all departments and 
                agencies of the executive branch of the Government to 
                produce a catalogue of all positions in their 
                respective jurisdictions that are filled by 
                presidential appointment requiring Senate confirmation 
                (PAS positions). The catalogue shall include:

                 (1) the legal authority establishing each PAS 
                position;

                 (2) a description of duties and statutory authorities 
                of the position;

                 (3) the names of Senate committees that review 
                nominees for the position;

                 (4) the names of congressional committees with which 
                appointees in the position regularly interact; and

                 (5) the name and contact information of an experienced 
                executive in the agency or department, a previous 
                office holder or a White House Liaison, or a comparable 
                individual who can answer questions about the position.

                    (d) Executive departments and agencies shall 
                prepare a set of orientation materials for new 
                political appointees before the inauguration of the 
                President-elect. Copies of all such materials shall be 
                provided to the Incoming Transition Team upon its 
                request.

                Sec. 3. Transition Agreement. To assist and support the 
                transition efforts of the President-elect, a transition 
                agreement between the current Administration and the 
                Office of the President-elect will be entered into 
                regarding transition procedures and identification of 
                transition contacts.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     November 27, 2000.

[FR Doc. 00-30690
Filed 11-28-00; 8:45 am]
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