Presidential Documents

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Federal Register

Vol. 65, No. 231

Thursday, November 30, 2000

Title 3—

The President

Executive Order 13176 of November 27, 2000

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 Presidentelect, 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.

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(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.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 27, 2000.

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[FR Doc. 00–30690

Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

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