Each agency is to designate its transition director, who should be a senior career employee, to lead transition efforts within the agency. Image: Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffOMB has issued instructions to agencies on requirements under the Presidential Transition Act, saying that although the actions required by the law are geared mainly toward changes in administrations, “the activities required by the Act are also helpful to prepare for leadership transitions that occur between the first and second terms of administrations.”
By Friday (May 3) each agency is to designate its transition director, who should be a senior career employee, to lead transition efforts within the agency. By that same date, they are to identify a point of contact for communication purposes related to the transition, and by September 15 each agency is to ensure that a succession plan is in place for each politically appointive position in the agency, says memo M-24-13.
Agency transition directors will become part of a council that will meet for the first time on May 29. That council will be responsible for: addressing interagency challenges and responsibilities around transitions and turnover of non-career appointees; coordinating transition activities among the Executive Office of the President, agencies, and the transition team of eligible candidates; and work with the GSA federal transition coordinator, drawing on guidance from the White House transition coordinating council and lessons learned from previous transitions.
The transition directors’ council also is to provide guidance to agencies in gathering briefing materials and information that may be requested by eligible candidates; ensure that such materials are provided by November 1; and ensure that agencies adequately prepare career employees who are designated to fill non-career positions during a transition.
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