THE WHITE HOUSE
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For Immediate Release November 27, 2000
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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FACILITATION OF A PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
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 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 appoint-ment 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.
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