[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 43747-43749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17602]



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Vol. 78

Friday,

No. 139

July 19, 2013

Part V





The President





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Memorandum of July 15, 2013--Expanding National Service Through 
Partnerships To Advance Government Priorities



Notice of July 17, 2013--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to the Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor
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                Memorandum of July 15, 2013

                
Expanding National Service Through Partnerships 
                to Advance Government Priorities

                Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and 
                Agencies

                Service has always been integral to the American 
                identity. Our country was built on the belief that all 
                of us, working together, can make this country a better 
                place for all. That spirit remains as strong and 
                integral to our identity today as at our country's 
                founding.

                Since its creation 20 years ago, the Corporation for 
                National and Community Service (CNCS) has been the 
                Federal agency charged with leading and expanding 
                national service. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America 
                Act of 2009 (SAA) expanded CNCS's authority to create 
                opportunities for more Americans to serve. This 
                landmark, bipartisan legislation focuses national 
                service on six areas: emergency and disaster services; 
                economic opportunity; education; environmental 
                stewardship; healthy futures; and veterans and military 
                families. The SAA provides greater opportunities for 
                CNCS to partner with other executive departments and 
                agencies (agencies) and with the private sector to 
                utilize national service to address these critical 
                areas.

                National service and volunteering can be effective 
                solutions to national challenges and can have positive 
                and lasting impacts that reach beyond the immediate 
                service experience. Americans engaged in national 
                service make an intensive commitment to tackle unmet 
                national and local needs by working through non-profit, 
                faith-based, and community organizations. Service can 
                help Americans gain valuable skills, pursue higher 
                education, and jumpstart their careers, which can 
                provide immediate and long-term benefits to those 
                individuals, as well as the communities in which they 
                serve.

                Americans are ready and willing to serve. Applications 
                from Americans seeking to engage in national service 
                programs far exceed the number of available positions. 
                By creating new partnerships between agencies and CNCS 
                that expand national service opportunities in areas 
                aligned with agency missions, we can utilize the 
                American spirit of service to improve lives and 
                communities, expand economic and educational 
                opportunities, enhance agencies' capacity to achieve 
                their missions, efficiently use tax dollars, help 
                individuals develop skills that will enable them to 
                prepare for long-term careers, and build a pipeline to 
                employment inside and outside the Federal Government.

                Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President 
                by the Constitution and the laws of the United States 
                of America, and in order to expand the positive impact 
                of national service, I hereby direct the following:

                Section 1. Establishing a Task Force on Expanding 
                National Service. There is established a Task Force on 
                Expanding National Service, to be co-chaired by the 
                Chief Executive Officer of CNCS and the Director of the 
                Domestic Policy Council, which shall include 
                representatives from agencies and offices that 
                administer programs and develop policies in areas that 
                include the six focus areas set forth in the SAA. The 
                Task Force shall include representatives from:

                    (a) the Department of Defense;
                    (b) the Department of Justice;

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                    (c) the Department of the Interior;
                    (d) the Department of Agriculture;
                    (e) the Department of Commerce;
                    (f) the Department of Labor;
                    (g) the Department of Health and Human Services;
                    (h) the Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development;
                    (i) the Department of Transportation;
                    (j) the Department of Energy;
                    (k) the Department of Education;
                    (l) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
                    (m) the Department of Homeland Security;
                    (n) the Peace Corps;
                    (o) the National Science Foundation;
                    (p) the Office of Personnel Management;
                    (q) the Environmental Protection Agency;
                    (r) the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; and
                    (s) such other agencies and offices as the co-
                chairs may designate.

                Sec. 2. Mission and Function of the Task Force. (a) The 
                Task Force shall:

(i) identify existing, and, if appropriate, recommend new, policies or 
practices that support the expansion of national service and volunteer 
opportunities that align with the SAA and agency priorities;

(ii) make recommendations on the most effective way to coordinate national 
service and volunteering programs across the Federal Government;

(iii) identify and develop opportunities for interagency agreements between 
CNCS and other agencies to support the expansion of national service and 
volunteering;

(iv) identify and develop public-private partnerships to support the 
expansion of national service and volunteering;

(v) identify and develop strategies to use innovation and technology to 
facilitate the ability of the public to participate in national service and 
volunteering activities; and

(vi) develop a mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-
effectiveness of national service and volunteering interventions in 
achieving agency priorities, and aggregate and disseminate the results of 
that evaluation.

                    (b) Within 18 months of the date of this 
                memorandum, the Task Force shall provide the President 
                with a report on the progress made with respect to the 
                functions set forth in subsection (a) of this section.

                Sec. 3. Facilitating National Service and Volunteering 
                Partnerships. (a) Each agency on the Task Force shall:

(i) within 180 days of the date of this memorandum, consult with CNCS about 
how existing authorities and CNCS programs can be used to enter into 
interagency and public-private partnerships that allow for meaningful 
national service and volunteering opportunities, including participating in 
AmeriCorps, and help the agency achieve its mission;

(ii) work with CNCS to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 
such partnerships; and

(iii) work with CNCS to identify ways in which the agency's national 
service participants and volunteers can develop transferable skills, and 
also how national service can serve as a pipeline to employment inside and 
outside the Federal Government.

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                    (b) Where practicable, agencies may consider 
                entering into interagency agreements with CNCS to share 
                program development and funding responsibilities, as 
                authorized under 42 U.S.C. 12571(b)(1).

                Sec. 4. Recruitment of National Service Participants in 
                the Civilian Career Services. In order to provide 
                national service participants a means to pursue 
                additional opportunities to continue their public 
                service through career civilian service, the Office of 
                Personnel Management shall, within 120 days of the date 
                of this memorandum, issue guidance to agencies on 
                developing and improving Federal recruitment strategies 
                for participants in national service.

                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this 
                memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise 
                affect:

(i) the authority granted by law or Executive Order to an agency, or the 
head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent 
                with applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does 
                not, create any right or benefit, substantive or 
                procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any 
                party against the United States, its departments, 
                agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
                agents, or any other person.
                    (d) The Chief Executive Officer of CNCS is hereby 
                authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in 
                the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, July 15, 2013.

[FR Doc. 2013-17602
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