[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

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