[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 37105-37107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17967]
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Memorandum of July 11, 2001
Implementing Government Reform
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies
Throughout the campaign and in my Budget, I have called
for ``active, but limited'' Government: one that
empowers States, cities, and citizens to make
decisions; ensures results through accountability; and
promotes innovation through competition. Thus, if
reform is to help the Federal Government adapt to a
rapidly changing world, its primary objectives must be
a Government that is:
Citizen-centered--not bureaucracy centered;
Results-oriented--not process-oriented; and
Market-based--actively promoting, not stifling, innovation and
competition.
In order to establish and implement Government reform
throughout the executive branch, I hereby direct the
following:
1. Establish Chief Operating Officers.
Each agency head shall designate a Chief Operating
Officer, who shall be the senior official with agency-
wide authority on behalf of the Secretary or agency
head. The Chief Operating Officer, the equivalent of
the Deputy Secretary, shall report directly to the
agency head and shall be responsible for:
(a)
implementing the President's and agency head's goals and the agency's
mission;
(b)
providing overall organization management to improve agency performance;
(c)
assisting the agency head in promoting Government reform, developing
strategic plans, and measuring results; and
(d)
overseeing agency-specific efforts to integrate performance and budgeting,
expand competitive sourcing, strengthen their workforce, improve financial
management, advance e-government, apply information policy and technology
policies, and other Government-wide management reforms.
2. Implement Additional Agency Reforms.
Each agency head shall identify and implement
additional changes within the agency that will promote
the principles of government reform.
3. Establishment of President's Management Council.
In order to advise and assist the President in ensuring
that Government reform is implemented throughout the
executive branch, I hereby establish the President's
Management Council (``Council''). The Council shall
comprise:
(a)
The Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget;
(b)
The Chief Operating Officers from the following agencies:
(1)
Department of State;
(2)
Department of the Treasury;
(3)
Department of Defense;
(4)
Department of Justice;
(5)
Department of the Interior;
(6)
Department of Agriculture;
(7)
Department of Commerce;
(8)
Department of Labor;
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(9)
Department of Health and Human Services;
(10)
Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(11)
Department of Transportation;
(12)
Department of Energy;
(13)
Department of Education; and
(14)
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(c)
The following central management agency representatives:
(1)
Director of the Office of Personnel Management;
(2)
Administrator of General Services;
(d)
Chief Operating Officers of the following agencies:
(1)
Environmental Protection Agency;
(2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(3)
National Science Foundation;
(4)
Social Security Administration; and
(5)
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(e)
Chief Operating Officers of three other executive branch agencies
designated by the Chairperson, in his or her discretion;
(f)
Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary;
(g)
Deputy Assistant to the President for Management and Administration; and
(h)
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President; and
(i)
Such other officials of the executive departments and agencies as the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget or I may, from time to
time, designate.
The Deputy Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall serve as Chairperson of the Council. The
Chairperson of the Council may appoint a Vice-
Chairperson from the Council's membership to assist the
Chairperson in conducting affairs of the Council.
The functions of the Council shall include, among
others:
(a)
improving overall executive branch management, including implementation of
the President's Management Agenda;
(b)
coordinating management-related efforts to improve Government throughout
the executive branch and, as necessary, resolving specific interagency
management issues;
(c)
ensuring the adoption of new management practices in agencies throughout
the executive branch; and
(d)
identifying examples of, and providing mechanisms for, interagency
exchange of information about best management practices.
The Council shall seek advice and information as
appropriate from nonmember Federal agencies,
particularly smaller agencies. The Council shall also
consider the management reform experience of
corporations, nonprofit organizations, State and local
governments, Government employees, public sector
unions, and customers of Government services.
Agencies shall cooperate with the Council and provide
such assistance, information, and advice to the Council
as the Council may request, to the extent permitted by
law.
4. Independent Agencies.
Independent agencies are requested to comply with this
memorandum.
5. Revocation and Judicial Review.
(a)
the memorandum of October 1, 1993, entitled ``Implementing Management
Reform in the Executive Branch'' is revoked.
(b)
this memorandum is for the internal management of the executive branch and
does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable by a party against the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
6. Publication.
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The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is
authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 11, 2001
[FR Doc. 01-17967
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