    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [February 10, 1993]
    [Page 69]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Fiscal Responsibility
    February 10, 1993

    Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies and
    Employees of the Executive Office of the President

    Subject: Government Fiscal Responsibility and Reducing Perquisites

        To promote Government fiscal responsibility by cutting the
    perquisites and excesses of Government office, it is hereby ordered as
    follows:
        Section 1. Executive Dining Facilities
        Executive dining facilities in the executive departments and
    agencies and the White House Executive Mess will not be permitted
    hereafter to provide below-cost meals. The Office of Management and
    Budget, after consultation with the agencies as needed, will develop
    promptly a plan and issue any directives required to recover the costs
    of meals served in these executive dining rooms.
        I strongly support the decision of those Secretaries who have
    concluded that they do not need an executive dining room for the conduct
    of their agencies' business and have closed and converted them to other
    uses. I therefore am requesting the other heads of agencies to review
    their official needs and close voluntarily executive dining facilities
    that are not essential for the regular conduct of Government business.
        Section 2. Conferences
        The public interest requires that agencies exercise strict fiscal
    responsibility when selecting conference sites. Accordingly, agencies
    are not to select conference sites without evaluating the cost
    differences of prospective locations. When agency representatives attend
    conferences sponsored by others, the agency must keep its representation
    to a minimum consistent with serving the public's interest. The Office
    of Management and Budget, after consultation with the agencies, will
    issue further directives necessary to implement this requirement.

                                                          William J. Clinton