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Executive Order 12625

Integrity and Efficiency in Federal Programs

This executive order establishes the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency as an interagency committee to coordinate government-wide efforts against fraud, waste, and abuse in federal programs. It also creates a Coordinating Conference to extend these efforts to additional agencies with audit and investigative resources, while revoking the previous EO 12301 from 1981.

53 FR 2812
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Impact dates

  1. Coordinating Conference meetings at least quarterly

Key directives

  • Establish President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency as interagency committee
  • Council to continually identify and review government-wide fraud vulnerabilities
  • Council to develop coordinated interagency audit and investigation programs
  • Council to develop policies for trained IG staff corps
  • Chairperson to report to President on Council activities
  • Chairperson to provide agency heads with summary reports
  • Establish Coordinating Conference with quarterly meetings
  • Revoke Executive Order 12301

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Council establishment upon signing
  • Revocation of EO 12301
  • OMB administrative support obligation begins

Near term (90d)

  • Chairperson to establish agenda in consultation with members
  • Chairperson to appoint Vice Chairperson if desired
  • First quarterly Coordinating Conference meeting to be scheduled

Long term

  • Ongoing identification of government-wide fraud vulnerabilities
  • Development of interagency audit and investigation programs
  • Development of policies for IG staff training corps
  • Quarterly Coordinating Conference meetings continuing indefinitely

Risks & tensions

  • Council 'shall continually' act but no specific deliverable deadlines are set, creating accountability uncertainty
  • Section 2(d) non-interference clause may limit Council's ability to compel agency cooperation
  • Vague 'to the extent of their ability and authority' language in Sections 2(c) and 4(c) weakens enforcement
  • All civilian IGs included 'now or hereafter created' creates automatic expansion without further EO action
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