Like the executive order, the notice gives no reason for discontinuing the program other than as part of a general “reduction of the federal bureaucracy.” Image: https://www.feb.gov/
By: FEDweek StaffOPM has issued rules that finalize the closure of Federal Executive Boards under a February executive order, saying their functions “have been reassigned to appropriate Federal agencies as determined by OPM and agency heads” and employees assigned to them “are being notified of reduction in force (RIF) procedures or reassigned.”
A March 21 Federal Register notice says the FEBs “have ceased operations. All property, records, and unexpended funds associated with FEBs have been returned to their originating agencies or disposed of and archived by OPM according to applicable Federal property management regulations.”
The Federal Executive Board program for decades had been the primary means of coordinating among agencies in a geographic area on issues ranging from weather-related closings to emergency response, and from career development training to operating the Combined Federal Campaign.
Like the executive order, the notice gives no reason for discontinuing the program other than as part of a general “reduction of the federal bureaucracy.”
It acknowledges that in establishing the boards, the Kennedy administration said the aim was to “increase the effectiveness and economy of federal agencies by coordinating government activities outside of the Washington, DC area.” However, it also says that “Just as the creation of the FEBs was consistent with the President’s authority to organize the executive branch as recognized in title 5 of the U.S.C., similarly the elimination of the FEBs falls within executive discretion.”
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