Deputy Director for Management
Executive orders directing the Deputy Director for Management · 21 in Search.
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Advancing Economic Security for Military and Veteran Spouses, Military Caregivers, and Survivors
This executive order directs federal agencies to improve economic security for military-connected families through enhanced federal hiring and retention of military spouses, caregivers, and survivors; expanded telework and remote work options; support for military spouse entrepreneurs; and expanded child care access including flexible spending accounts by January 1, 2024. It requires development of a government-wide strategic plan within 180 days, updates to hiring authorities beginning in Fiscal Year 2025, and various policy changes to reduce employment barriers tied to military life.
Supporting Access to Leave for Federal Employees
This memorandum directs federal agencies to expand access to unpaid leave for employees, particularly during their first year of service, for bonding with new children, caregiving, serious health conditions, military family needs, and bereavement. It also requires OPM to recommend within 180 days how to provide paid or unpaid leave for employees seeking safety from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery To Rebuild Trust in Government
This executive order directs federal agencies to modernize service delivery and reduce administrative burdens on the public, framing inefficient government processes as a "time tax" on citizens. It mandates specific digital upgrades across agencies—from online passport renewal to streamlined disaster assistance applications—and establishes a framework for designating High Impact Service Providers (HISPs) with ongoing accountability for customer experience improvements.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
This executive order establishes a government-wide initiative to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the federal workforce. It mandates strategic planning, data collection, paid internships, partnerships with minority-serving institutions, and specific equity measures for employees with disabilities, LGBTQ+ employees, and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Amending the Civil Service Rules, Executive Order 13488, and Executive Order 13467 To Modernize the Executive Branch-Wide Governance Structure and Processes for Security Clearances, Suitability and Fitness for Employment, and Credentialing, and Related Matters
This executive order restructures the federal government's security clearance, suitability, and credentialing systems by amending prior executive orders and Civil Service Rules. It establishes the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) as the primary investigative service provider, creates a Performance Accountability Council to drive enterprise-wide reform, and designates specific executive agents (OPM for suitability/credentialing, DNI for security) to standardize vetting processes across agencies with emphasis on reciprocity, continuous vetting, and information technology modernization.
Amending Executive Order 13467 To Establish the Roles and Responsibilities of the National Background Investigations Bureau and Related Matters
This executive order establishes the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) within the Office of Personnel Management as the primary federal provider of personnel background investigations, while assigning the Department of Defense responsibility for designing, operating, and securing the underlying IT systems. It also mandates governance reforms to clarify executive authorities over security, suitability, and credentialing vetting processes.
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition
This executive order establishes two coordinating bodies—the White House Transition Coordinating Council and the Agency Transition Directors Council—to improve planning and information sharing for presidential transitions. It mandates specific preparation activities including briefing materials, emergency exercises, and career employee readiness, with a hard deadline for agency materials before November 1 of election years.
Establishment of the Federal Privacy Council
This executive order establishes the Federal Privacy Council as the principal interagency forum to coordinate federal privacy practices, and requires OMB to issue revised policy on Senior Agency Officials for Privacy within 120 days. It mandates designation of privacy officials across 24 major agencies and promotes sharing of best practices, workforce training, and coordination with existing interagency councils.
Strengthening the Senior Executive Service
This executive order reforms the Senior Executive Service (SES) by creating a PMC Subcommittee to oversee changes including: capping performance award spending at 7.5%, streamlining hiring processes, requiring SES pay to exceed subordinate GS employees, establishing a 15% rotation goal for SES members, and phasing in talent management and succession planning across all agencies by FY 2018.
Establishing a Coordinated Government-Wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce
This executive order establishes a coordinated, government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce. It directs OPM and OMB to develop a Government-wide Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan within 90 days, requires agencies to create their own agency-specific plans within 120 days of that plan's issuance, and mandates regular reporting on progress.
Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service
This executive order requires federal agencies to develop Customer Service Plans within 180 days to streamline service delivery and improve public experience using technology, customer feedback mechanisms, and best practices from the private sector. It directs agencies to publish these plans online and designates OMB, GSA, and OSTP to provide implementation support.
Government Reform for Competitiveness and Innovation
President Obama directs the Chief Performance Officer to lead a 90-day review of federal agencies and programs focused on trade and competitiveness, with recommendations to restructure and streamline government functions to reduce duplication and improve efficiency.
Establishing the President's Management Advisory Board
This executive order creates the President's Management Advisory Board (PMAB), an advisory body of up to 18 members—mostly private-sector leaders—tasked with recommending best business practices for federal management, particularly in productivity, technology, and customer service. The board sits within GSA, is chaired by OMB's Deputy Director for Management, and automatically terminates after two years unless extended.
Creating Labor-Management Forums to Improve Delivery of Government Services
This executive order establishes the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations and requires federal agencies to create labor-management forums for collaborative problem-solving. It mandates pre-decisional union involvement in workplace matters, requires implementation plans within 90 days, and creates pilot programs for bargaining over permissive subjects under 5 U.S.C. 7106(b)(1).
Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information
This executive order reforms and aligns the federal government's processes for determining whether individuals are suitable for government employment, fit for contractor work, or eligible for access to classified information. It establishes a Performance Accountability Council, designates executive agents for suitability (OPM) and security (DNI), mandates reciprocity between agencies, and introduces continuous evaluation for security clearances.
Improving Government Program Performance
This executive order mandates that federal agencies set measurable annual and long-term goals for all programs, assign clear responsibilities and resources, and publicly report performance data. It creates agency Performance Improvement Officers and a Performance Improvement Council within OMB to oversee implementation, coordinate across agencies, and maintain a public website on government program performance.
Federal Real Property Asset Management
This executive order establishes a comprehensive framework for managing federal real property assets by creating Senior Real Property Officers in each major agency, forming a Federal Real Property Council under OMB, and mandating asset management plans with performance metrics. It requires inventory tracking, life-cycle cost analysis, and annual reporting while centralizing oversight through the General Services Administration.
Environmental Review of Trade Agreements
This executive order establishes a process for conducting environmental reviews of major U.S. trade agreements before and during negotiations. It requires written environmental assessments for comprehensive multilateral rounds, free trade agreements, and major natural resource sector deals, overseen by the U.S. Trade Representative and Council on Environmental Quality.
Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management
This executive order mandates comprehensive energy efficiency and renewable energy goals across all federal agencies, requiring 30-35% reductions in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 2005-2010, expanding solar installations, and institutionalizing life-cycle cost analysis, alternative financing mechanisms, and annual reporting to improve federal energy management.
Internal Revenue Service Management Board
This executive order establishes a permanent Internal Revenue Service Management Board within the Treasury Department to assist the Secretary in overseeing IRS management and operations. The Board includes senior Treasury officials, OMB representatives, and other agency designees, with responsibility for reviewing strategic modernization decisions, budgetary issues, and performance metrics, and reporting semiannually to the President and Congress.
Improving Administrative Management in the Executive Branch
This executive order revokes three prior management-improvement orders and establishes a new Interagency Council on Administrative Management to coordinate cross-cutting administrative reforms across 26 federal agencies and related councils. The Council is charged with planning, promoting, and recommending improvements in government operations, supporting existing management councils, and disseminating best practices.