September 22, 1982
The President today announced the creation of the Cabinet Council on Management and
Administration. This addition to the six existing Cabinet Councils will exercise White House
control and supervision over the ``Reform 88'' Task Force, a long-term (6+years)
program to improve the management and administrative systems of the Federal Government. It
will also monitor implementation of the recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey
on Cost Control and formulate government-wide policies pertaining to such executive branch
management, administrative, and personnel issues as may arise from time to time.
The Cabinet Council on Management and Administration will be composed of, as a minimum, the
Secretaries of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Health and Human Services, and
Transportation; also, the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget, General Services
Administration, and the Office of Personnel Management.
The President is Chairman of all seven Cabinet Councils. Edwin Meese III, Counsellor to the
President, will serve as Chairman pro tempore of the Cabinet Council on Management and
Administration.
Other Departments will be invited to participate when appropriate. A Cabinet member may attend
meetings of the Cabinet Council on Management and Administration if the items under discussion
are of interest. When the situation warrants, other agency heads will be invited to participate.
As with all the Cabinet Councils, the Vice President, the Chief of Staff to the President, and the
Assistant to the President for Policy Development are ex officio members.