[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 48 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Pages 2933-2934]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13176--Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

November 27, 2000

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including 5 U.S.C. 7301, to 
further the purposes of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as 
amended, and to assist the transition from this Administration to that 
of the President- elect, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1.  Presidential Transition Coordination. (a) To assist and 
support the transition efforts of the President-elect, there is 
established a Presidential Transition Coordinating Council (Council).
    (b) The Council shall be composed of the following officials or 
their designees:
 1.          Chief of Staff to the President;
 2.          Counsel to the President;
 3.          Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary;
 4.          Assistant to the President for Management and 
            Administration;
 5.          Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential 
            Personnel;
 6.          Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
 7.          Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
 8.          Director of the Office of Personnel Management;
 9.          Administrator of General Services;
 10.         Archivist of the United States;
 11.         Commissioner of Internal Revenue;
 12.         Director of the Office of Government Ethics; and
 13.         Such others as the President may select.
    (c) The Council shall be chaired by the Chief of Staff to the 
President or his designee.
    (d) The Council shall coordinate assistance to the President-elect 
in fulfilling his responsibilities and make every reasonable effort to 
facilitate the transition between administrations. This assistance may 
include, among other things, providing publicly available information 
relevant to facilitating the personnel aspects of a presidential 
transition and such other information that, in the Council's judgement, 
is useful and appropriate as long

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as providing such information is not otherwise prohibited by law.
    Sec. 2.  Transition Activities and Materials. (a) The Administrator 
of General Services, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Presidential Personnel, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, and the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, shall 
coordinate orientation activities for key prospective Presidential 
appointees.
    (b) The Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management, and the Archivist of the United States, 
shall develop a transition directory. The transition directory shall 
include Federal publications and materials that provide information on 
the officers, organization, and statutory and administrative 
authorities, functions, duties, responsibilities, and mission of each 
department and agency.
    (c) The White House Office of Presidential Personnel shall 
coordinate with all departments and agencies of the executive branch of 
the Government to produce a catalogue of all positions in their 
respective jurisdictions that are filled by presidential appointment 
requiring Senate confirmation (PAS positions). The catalogue shall 
include:
 (1)         the legal authority establishing each PAS position;
 (2)         a description of duties and statutory authorities of the 
            position;
 (3)         the names of Senate committees that review nominees for the 
            position;
 (4)         the names of congressional committees with which appointees 
            in the position regularly interact; and
 (5)         the name and contact information of an experienced 
            executive in the agency or department, a previous office 
            holder or a White House Liaison, or a comparable individual 
            who can answer questions about the position.
    (d) Executive departments and agencies shall prepare a set of 
orientation materials for new political appointees before the 
inauguration of the President-elect. Copies of all such materials shall 
be provided to the Incoming Transition Team upon its request.
    Sec. 3.  Transition Agreement. To assist and support the transition 
efforts of the President-elect, a transition agreement between the 
current Administration and the Office of the President-elect will be 
entered into regarding transition procedures and identification of 
transition contacts.
                                            William J. Clinton
 The White House,
 November 27, 2000.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 p.m., November 28, 
2000]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
November 30.