    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [February 10, 1993]
    [Pages 70-71]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Use of Government Vehicles
    February 10, 1993

    Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

    Subject: Use of Government Vehicles

        The use of Government vehicles for daily home-to-work transportation
    of high-level executive branch officials is a privilege designed to
    facilitate the efficient operation of the Government and to provide
    security to key Government employees with substantial military and
    national security responsibilities. In the past, however, this privilege
    has been abused by certain executive branch officials and has come to
    exemplify a Government out of touch with the American people. Using such
    perquisites of office outside of the scope of our mission to serve the
    public is unacceptable. Accordingly, I believe that there must be a
    strong presumption against the general granting of this privilege absent
    security concerns or compelling operational necessity.
        The law authorizes me to designate up to

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    six employees in the Executive Office of the President to receive daily
    home-to-work transportation in Government vehicles. In addition, the law
    allows me to designate up to 10 additional employees of Federal agencies
    to receive this benefit. However, for the reasons stated above, in my
    Administration, no officer or employee of the Executive Office of the
    President or any other Federal agency is authorized by me to receive use
    of a Government vehicle for daily home-to-work transportation pursuant
    to 31 U.S.C. 1344(b)(1)(B)&(C). The only exceptions, for compelling
    national security reasons, are the Assistant to the President for
    National Security Affairs, the Deputy Assistant to the President for
    National Security Affairs, and the Chief of Staff of the White House.
        The law also allows Cabinet Secretaries and other Executive Level I
    officials to authorize one principal deputy to use a Government vehicle
    for daily home-to-work transportation. The use of Government vehicles
    for this purpose is simply not appropriate for Government officials at
    this level absent security or operational requirements. Accordingly, by
    this memorandum I am instructing you to refrain from authorizing the use
    of Government vehicles for your deputies for daily home-to-work
    transportation. This memorandum does not prevent you from authorizing
    the temporary use of Government vehicles in accordance with the
    requirements of the law.
        I further direct each executive department or agency to reduce the
    number of executive motor vehicles (except armored vehicles) that it
    owns or leases by at least 50 percent by the end of fiscal year 1993.
    Each agency will report on its compliance to the Director of the Office
    of Management and Budget at that time. I order the Director of the
    Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator
    of General Services, to issue any further directives necessary to
    implement this memorandum and to monitor compliance.
        Finally, I urge the head of each agency to strictly enforce the
    Governmentwide regulations prohibiting the unauthorized use of
    Government vehicles, including the use of corrective or disciplinary
    action where appropriate.

                                                          William J. Clinton