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JANUARY 25, 1989
REMARKS TO SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
CONSTITUTION HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF
THE CABINET AND DESIGNEES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AND LET
ME ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
DISTINGUISHED RANK AWARD WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU, THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHOM I REGARD AS SOME OF AMERICA'S FINEST. You ARE
THE FIRST GROUP THAT I AM ADDRESSING AS PRESIDENT OUTSIDE
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THE WHITE HOUSE, AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
GROUPS I WILL EVER SPEAK To.
You KNOW I WANTED TO BE FULLY BRIEFED BEFORE I CAME
SO I ASKED ONE OF MY STAFF "WHEN DOES OPEN SEASON BEGIN?"
HE LOOKED UP FROM THE PAPER AND SAID "FOR YOU, SIR, IT
BEGINS AS SOON AS THE HONEYMOON ENDS."
AND BY THE WAY, I CHECKED WITH COUNSEL EARLIER TODAY.
I KNOW YOU'RE HATCHED, BUT HE SAID IF THE SPIRIT MOVES
YOU, YOU ARE FREE TO LAUGH OR APPLAUD -- JUST NOT TOO
LOUD.
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I DID WANT TO SAY THAT YOU AND I HAVE SOMETHING IN
COMMON, PARTICULARLY THE WAY WE GOT OUR JOBS. PUNDITS
AGREE: OF ALL THE CANDIDATES, I HAD THE BEST 171.
BUT SERIOUSLY, WHAT WE REALLY HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT
EACH OF US IS HERE TO SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. EACH OF
US IS HERE BECAUSE OF A BELIEF IN PUBLIC SERVICE AS THE
HIGHEST AND NOBLEST CALLING. AND EACH ONE OF US, ON OUR
FIRST DAY, TOOK A SOLEMN OATH: WE PLEDGED TO DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THAT IS
WHAT WE SHALL DO.
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OUR MANDATE COMES FROM THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE, AS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID, "NO MAN IS GOOD ENOUGH TO GOVERN
ANOTHER MAN WITHOUT THAT OTHER'S CONSENT." So NOW THAT
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN I AM COMING TO YOU AS PRESIDENT AND
OFFERING MY HAND IN PARTNERSHIP. I AM ASKING YOU TO JOIN
ME AS FULL MEMBERS ON OUR TEAM. I PROMISE TO LEAD; I
PROMISE TO LISTEN; AND I PROMISE TO SERVE BESIDE YOU AS WE
WORK TOGETHER TO CARRY OUT THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
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OUR PRINCIPLES ARE CLEAR. THAT GOVERNMENT SERVICE IS
A NOBLE CALLING AND A PUBLIC TRUST. I LEARNED THAT FROM
MY PARENTS AT AN EARLY AGE, AND THAT, I SUSPECT, IS WHERE
MANY OF YOU LEARNED IT AS WELL. THERE IS NO HIGHER HONOR
THAN TO SERVE FREE MEN AND WOMEN; NO GREATER PRIVILEGE
THAN TO LABOR IN GOVERNMENT BENEATH THE GREAT SEAL OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THE AMERICAN FLAG.
THAT IS WHY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DEDICATED TO
ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE NEED FOR HONORABLE MEN AND
WOMEN TO SERVE IN POSITIONS OF TRUST. YESTERDAY, I
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APPOINTED A COMMISSION TO DEVELOP NEW ETHICS REFORM
PROPOSALS WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL BRANCHES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE WILL BE SIMPLY TO KNOW
RIGHT FROM WRONG; TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT IS RIGHT,
AND TO AVOID EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF WHAT IS WRONG. OUR
DUTY IS TO SERVE, AND MY STRONG CONVICTION IS THAT WE MUST
DO IT ONLY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, AS YOU DO, OUT OF A
SENSE OF SERVICE AND A LOVE OF COUNTRY. GOVERNMENT SHOULD
BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE NOT PRIVATE GAIN.
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I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS VALUED AND
RESPECTED BECAUSE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE AMERICA'S YOUNG
PEOPLE TO PURSUE CAREERS IN GOVERNMENT. THERE IS NOTHING
MORE FULFILLING THAN TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR FELLOW
CITIZENS AND TO DO IT WELL. THAT'S WHAT OUR SYSTEM OF
SELF-GOVERNMENT DEPENDS ON.
AND I HAVE NOT KNOWN A FINER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAN
THOSE I HAVE WORKED WITH IN GOVERNMENT. You ARE MEN AND
WOMEN OF KNOWLEDGE, ABILITY, AND INTEGRITY. I SAW THAT IN
THE C.I.A., I SAW THAT WHEN I WAS IN CHINA AND AT THE
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U.N., AND FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS I SAW THAT IN EVERY
DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. I
SAW THAT COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN THE FEDERAL WORKERS I
CAME TO KNOW AND RESPECT IN WASHINGTON, ACROSS AMERICA,
AND AROUND THE WORLD. You WORK HARD, YOU SACRIFICE, AND
YOU DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED, REWARDED, AND APPRECIATED.
I PLEDGE TO TRY TO MAKE FEDERAL JOBS MORE CHALLENGING,
MORE SATISFYING, AND MORE FULFILLING. I AM DEDICATED TO
MAKING THE SYSTEM WORK AND MAKING IT WORK BETTER.
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STARTING 8 YEARS AGO I LED A TASK FORCE TO REMOVE
UNNECESSARY REGULATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR, TO FREE UP
THE ENERGIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUT I THINK WE NEED
ALSO TO CONTINUE TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY AND
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE REGULATION OF FEDERAL WORKERS AND SENIOR
EXECUTIVES. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS TREMENDOUS PENT-UP
ENERGY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A POWERFUL FORCE FOR
GOOD, THAT NEEDS TO BE RELEASED, AND I WANT TO BE THE
PRESIDENT TO DO THAT, TO RELEASE THE FEDERAL MANAGER FROM
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BUREAUCRATIC BONDAGE so THAT TOGETHER WE CAN, AS I SAID ON
THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL, USE POWER TO SERVE PEOPLE.
I THINK CONNIE HORNER HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT
THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. AND I AM DELIGHTED
THAT MY NEW DIRECTOR OF O.P.M. WILL BE CONNIE NEWMAN. SHE
IS AN OUTSTANDING EXECUTIVE, I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN
HER, AND I THINK SHE'S LEARNED A FEW THINGS ON HER WAY UP
SINCE 1962: THAT'S THE YEAR SHE BEGAN IN FEDERAL SERVICE
AS A CLERK-TYPIST AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. JUST
AS THE AWARD WINNERS HERE TODAY REPRESENT THE BEST AND
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BRIGHTEST, I THINK IN CHOOSING CONNIE I FOUND ONE OF THE
BEST AND BRIGHTEST, AS WELL.
Now, AS THE CABINET SECRETARIES STAFF THEIR AGENCIES,
PARTICULARLY THE SENIOR POSITIONS, THEY WILL BE LOOKING
FOR ABILITY, FOR PEOPLE COMMITTED TO FULFILLING THE
MANDATE WE RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TO DOING
IT WITH EXCELLENCE. AND IF WE FIND THAT THE BEST CHOICE
FOR AN APPOINTMENT IS A CAREER GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE, I
WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO THAT, AS MY SELECTION OF OUR U.N.
AMBASSADOR SHOULD UNDERLINE.
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I HAVE A CONSERVATIVE VISION OF GOVERNMENT; I RAN AND
WAS ELECTED ON THOSE TERMS. AND I SEE NO STRAIN OR
TENSION BETWEEN THOSE VALUES AND THE VALUES OF A
PROFESSIONAL CIVIL SERVICE WHOSE HIGHEST PRINCIPLE IS ONE
OF PATRIOTISM, WHOSE FOREMOST COMMITMENT IS TO EXCELLENCE,
WHOSE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IS ITSELF A NATIONAL
RESOURCE TO BE USED AND RESPECTED.
I AM THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO MEET WITH A FULL
COMPLEMENT OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE, AND I'M URGING
ALL MY APPOINTEES TO BUILD A SPIRIT OF TEAMWORK BETWEEN
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THE POLITICAL AND CAREER OFFICIALS. AND EACH OF YOU HAS A
SPECIAL ROLE TO PLAY HERE. You HAVE REACHED THE TOP OF
YOUR PROFESSION, YOU ARE SKILLED MANAGERS, KNOWLEDGEABLE
IN YOUR FIELDS, AND RESPECTED BY YOUR COLLEAGUES. I'M
ASKING YOU To JOIN WITH OUR POLITICAL APPOINTEES NOT ONLY
IN SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION BUT ONE OF EXCELLENCE
AS WELL.
To THOSE WHO WORK OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, I WOULD SEND A
SPECIAL MESSAGE. AT TIMES IT MAY BE FRUSTRATING WHEN IT
SEEMS THAT THE HEAD OFFICE IS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY AND
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THE MESSAGE IS NOT GETTING THROUGH. BUT IF I MAY, I'M
GOING TO ISSUE A VERBAL EXECUTIVE ORDER: WE'RE GOING TO
LISTEN. BECAUSE THE HEART OF OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT HERE
IN WASHINGTON; IT'S IN EVERY COUNTY OFFICE, EVERY TOWN OR
CITY ACROSS THIS LAND. WHEREVER THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA
ARE, THAT'S WHERE THE HEART OF OUR GOVERNMENT IS.
AND SINCE, IN ANY ORGANIZATION, SO MANY OF THE BEST
IDEAS COME FROM THE BOTTOM UP, I HOPE THE PEOPLE IN THIS
ROOM WILL LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR YOU.
THE CIVIL SERVANTS ON THE FRONT LINES KNOW WHAT WORKS
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BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING
WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, PROMOTING AMERICAN EXPORTS,
OR MANAGING OUR PUBLIC LANDS, THEY ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND THERE IS MUCH WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH FOR AMERICA.
THERE IS A MANDATE TO FULFILL. AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS TO
SOLVE. WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN PROMOTING EDUCATION, IN
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IN FIGHTING CRIME. WE
HAVE WORK TO DO IN OUR CITIES AND ON OUR FARMS, AND WE
HAVE A WAR ON DRUGS TO WIN. WE MUST PROVIDE FOR THE
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COMMON DEFENSE, AND WE MUST KEEP OUR ECONOMY GROWING, so
IT CAN KEEP PRODUCING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY. ABOVE ALL WE
HAVE A COMPACT, WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE; THEY PAY FOR
EXCELLENT GOVERNMENT, AND THEY DESERVE TO RECEIVE IT. AND
TOGETHER WE CAN ASSURE THAT THIS IS DONE.
AND THERE IS ONE MORE THING WE NEED TO DO. THE
GOVERNMENT IS HERE TO SERVE, BUT IT CANNOT REPLACE
INDIVIDUAL SERVICE. AND SHOULDN'T ALL OF US WHO ARE
PUBLIC SERVANTS ALSO SET AN EXAMPLE OF SERVICE AS PRIVATE
CITIZENS? So I WANT TO ASK ALL OF YOU -- AND ALL THE
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APPOINTEES IN THIS ADMINISTRATION -- TO DO WHAT SO MANY OF
YOU ALREADY DO: To LEND A HAND.
OURS SHOULD BE A NATION CHARACTERIZED BY CONSPICUOUS
COMPASSION, GENEROSITY THAT IS OVERFLOWING AND ABUNDANT.
AND YOU CAN HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF YOUR
WORKPLACE, IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN ANY
OF THE UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE AND
CHARITY WHERE YOUR HELP IS SO GREATLY NEEDED.
WELL, I AM HONORED TO LEAD YOU AND TO WORK WITH YOU.
You HERE IN WASHINGTON, AND YOUR COLLEAGUES IN FEDERAL
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SERVICE AROUND THE NATION, ARE SOME OF THE UNSUNG HEROES
OF AMERICA. THE UNITED STATES IS THE GREATEST NATION IN
THE WORLD BECAUSE WE FULFILL THAT MISSION OF GREATNESS ONE
PERSON AT A TIME, AS INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO SERVING OUR
COUNTRY.
As WE EMBARK ON A GREAT NEW CHAPTER IN OUR NATION'S
HISTORY, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I AM PROUD OF YOU AND
VERY GLAD THAT WE WILL BE WRITING THIS CHAPTER TOGETHER.
THANK YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS YOU.
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SES
TALKING POINTS: POTENTIAL SES MEETING
Transmitted by:
Bill Norton, OPM
632-6104
Dath
1/17/89
pat Esslinger GPM
632.009
Attached are:
Rersonnell Systems
and Oversigh
(1) Thematic talking points on the SES taken from several
of Director Horner's recent speeches.
(2) Copy of the President-Elect's statement on Federal
service during the campaign (with reference to orientation
sessions).
(3) Additional programatic talking points.
Note that the audience will be comprised of both Career and
Noncareer SES members from metro Washington. To that end, the
following points may also wish to be stressed:
-- The SES is, as it was intended to be, a partnership of
career and political executives.
-- For American government and American democracy to work
effectively, political and career executives must work together
to ensure that the goals and objectives of the Administration are
translated into the day-to-day actions and policies of government
which the public, through its electoral mandate, desires.
-- The SES is the means through which the elected
President and his top political appointees transmit
Administration policy to the bulk of the permanent civil service.
Political and career SES members, working as a team, are crucial
to the President's ability to successfully achieve his agenda.
-classifying jobs: massive, multi-year
task force of agency task force directors
(using deregulation to promote productivity gain
still imphementing
PRESIDENT BUSH TALKING POINTS: SES ADDRESS
Whenever a new President is elected and inaugurated, we
often hear it said that nothing captures so well the spirit
of American democracy as a presidential election -- as the
peaceable change of government, the setting of new and
different policy directions for the nation by popular
ballot.
That's the truth, but not the whole truth. The whole truth
is that our democracy survives and flourishes not only
through change, but also through continuity -- not only
because we periodically elect new leaders to take us in new
directions, but also because we possess a proud, efficient,
standing civil service, preserving the best of our governing
traditions, and reminding us that -- advertisements to the
contrary -- "new" doesn't always mean "improved."
Such was the wisdom and the design of the Founding Fathers,
when they bequeathed us a government that, in the words of
The Federalist Papers, "combined the requisite stability and
energy in government with the inviolable attention due to
liberty and to the republican form."
The Senior Executive Service, more than anyone, supplies the
"stability" and "energy" our republic needs to survive. It
represents the very best in our tradition of democratic
continuity. As such, you will soon begin carrying out a new
mandate from the American people, expressed in a new
administration. But, as you have so often and so well in
the past, you will also help shape the course of that
administration, by giving it the best of your thoughts and
advice -- the precious fruit of your experience, and of your
distinguished careers in public service.
And make no mistake about it, I want your thoughts and
advice, and I want all of my appointees, as well, to
appreciate their value and importance to the democratic
process. That's why I'm launching a White House orientation
program designed to build teamwork between political
appointees and career civil servants. [Fill in program
details].
When I was sworn into office on January 20, I took an oath
to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the
United States." But on your first day in the civil service,
you likewise took an oath to "support and defend" the
Constitution. That oath is our mutually shared and unique
declaration of purpose as public servants. It makes what we
do together so much more than "just a job." Change and
continuity, linked by the Constitution to which we mutually
pledge our faith -- together, they are the secret of our
democracy's success.
TALKING POINTS FOR PROPOSED MEETING WITH THE SES.
This is certainly an historic moment
even though the
Senior Executive Service will be 10 years old this July, this
is the first meeting you have had as a group with your
President.
This meeting is my way of saying, "Let's work together to make
this government of ours be the best it can be." And I mean
that to start at the top and continue, through you, all the way
down to the bottom of the ranks.
The creation 10 years ago of the SES was an attempt to establish
a single system for managing executive personnel.
It was created with two major 1deas in mind
to correct
the inadequacies of the old processes:
- fragmented into 60-some authorities
- highly centralized
- an overly rigid appointment process
- inadequate number of positions;
and to establish a creative and flexible system, providing:
- link between pay and performance
- bonuses and other awards
- flexible assignment process
- opportunities for development.
I think, and those who have studied the system agree with this,
overall, the result has been a good system. It's a system with
some flaws, but, it's a good system that has given us benefit.
We all know there have been some implementation problems along
the way these last 10 years. You each can think of examples
where things could have been done better.
But, despite some difficulties
and some undelivered
promises--such as mobility and developmental opportunities no
one who has studied the system has suggested abolishing it and
returning to the old ways of managing executive personnel.
In fact, we've been asking executives for the past 2 years how
to make the SES work better, and we always get positive sug-
gestions for improving the system we now have.
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I have noticed the improvements that have been made in the
last 2 years to make the system more responsive to you and
your agency head:
- increased opportunity for bonuses
- increased number of Presidential Rank Awards
- orientation programs for new career and non-career SES
- improved development opportunities thru SES Fellows
program and improvements as FEI
- encouragement for positive mobility opportunities
- better communications thru SES annual report, messages
from the OPM Director, SES Advisory Board
- most SES members on board today since the creation
of the SES.
And, of course, some of you may have noticed that we're trying
to improve executive compensation, as well. That is, your
compensation. Mine isn't going to change. Not that I'm
complaining.
We believe in this system and in a partnership between the
senior career executives and the political appointees who
come in to help the President implement his program.
I want you to be a part of my Administration and I welcome
your participation.
(Klugmann)
January 25, 1989
1:30 p.m. 6B
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
CONSTITUTION HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
Thank you very much. It's great to be here with the men and
women whom I regard as some of America's finest. [Recognize
award winners -- names to come.] You are the first group that I
am addressing as President outside the White House, and you are
one of the most important groups I will ever speak to.
You know I wanted to be fully briefed before I came so I
asked one of my staff "when does open season begin?" He looked
up from the paper and said "for you, sir, it begins as soon as
the honeymoon ends."
And by the way, I checked with counsel earlier today. I
know you're Hatched, but he said if the spirit moves you, you are
free to laugh or applaud -- just not too loud.
I did want to say that you and I have something in common,
particularly the way we got our jobs. Pundits agree: Of all the
candidates, I had the best [form] 171.
But seriously, what we really have in common is that each of
us is here to serve the American people. Each of us is here
because of a belief in public service as the highest and noblest
calling. And each one of us, on our first day, took a solemn
oath: We pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States
of America, and that is what we shall do.
Our mandate comes from the people, because, as Abraham
Lincoln said, "no man is good enough to govern another man
without that other's consent." So now that the people have
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spoken I am coming to you as President and offering my hand in
partnership. I am asking you to join me as full members on our
team. I promise to lead; I promise to listen; and I promise to
serve beside you as we work together to carry out the will of the
American people.
Our principles are clear. That government service is a
noble calling and a public trust. I learned that from my parents
at an early age, and that, I suspect, is where many of you
learned it as well. There is no higher honor than to serve free
men and women; no greater privilege than to labor in Government
beneath the Great Seal of the United States and the American
flag.
That is why this Administration is dedicated to ethics in
Government and the need for honorable men and women to serve in
positions of trust. Yesterday, I appointed a commission to
develop new ethics reform proposals which will include all
branches of the Federal Government. The guiding principle will
be simply to know right from wrong; to act in accordance with
what is right, and to avoid even the appearance of what is wrong.
Our duty is to serve, and my strong conviction is that we must do
it only for the right reasons, as you do, out of a sense of
service and a love of country. Government should be an
opportunity for public service not private gain.
I want to make sure that public service is valued and
respected because I want to encourage America's young people to
pursue careers in Government. There is nothing more fulfilling
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than to serve your country and your fellow citizens and to do it
well. That's what our system of self-government depends on.
And I have not known a finer group of people than those I
have worked with in Government. You are men and women of
knowledge, ability, and integrity. I saw that in the C.I.A., I
saw that when I was in China and at the U.N., and for the last 8
years I saw that in every department and agency of the United
States Government. I saw that commitment to excellence in the
Federal workers I came to know and respect in Washington, across
America, and around the world. You work hard, you sacrifice, and
you deserve to be recognized, rewarded, and appreciated. I
pledge to try to make Federal jobs more challenging, more
satisfying, and more fulfilling. I am dedicated to making the
system work and making it work better.
Starting 8 years ago I led a task force to remove
unnecessary regulation of the private sector, to free up the
energies of the American people. But I think we need also to
continue to remove unnecessary and counterproductive regulation
of Federal workers and senior executives. I believe that there
is tremendous pent-up energy in the Federal Government, a
powerful force for good, that needs to be released, and I want to
be the President to do that, to release the Federal manager from
bureaucratic bondage so that together we can, as I said on the
steps of the Capitol, use power to serve people.
I think Connie Horner has done an outstanding job at the
Office of Personnel Management. And I am delighted that my new
Director of O.P.M. will be Connie Newman. She is an outstanding
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executive, I have great confidence in her, and I think she's
learned a few things on her way up since 1962: that's the year
she began in Federal service as a clerk-typist at the Department
of the Interior. Just as the award winners here today represent
the best and brightest, I think in choosing Connie I found one of
the best and brightest, as well.
Now, as the Cabinet Secretaries staff their agencies,
particularly the senior positions, they will be looking for
ability, for people committed to fulfilling the mandate we
received from the American people and doing it with excellence.
And if we find that the best choice for an appointment is a
career member of the Senior Executive Service, I would not be
opposed to that, as my selection of our U.N. Ambassador should
underline.
I have a conservative vision of Government; I ran and was
elected on those terms. However, I see no strain or tension
between those values and the values of a professional civil
service whose highest principle is one of patriotism, whose
foremost commitment is to excellence, whose experience and
expertise is itself a national resource to be used and respected.
I am the first President to meet with a full complement of
the Senior Executive Service, and I'm urging all my appointees to
build a spirit of teamwork between the political and career
officials. And each of you has a special role to play here. You
have reached the top of your profession, you are skilled
managers, knowledgeable in your fields, and respected by your
colleagues. I'm asking you to join with our political appointees
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not only in setting an example of cooperation but one of
excellence as well.
To those who work outside Washington, I would send a special
message. At times it may be frustrating when it seems that the
head office is thousands of miles away and the message is not
getting through. But if I may, I'm going to issue a verbal
executive order: we're going to listen. Because the heart of
our Government is not here in Washington; it's in every county
office, every town or city across this land. Wherever the people
of America are, that's where the heart of our Government is.
And since, in any organization, so many of the best ideas
come from the bottom up, I hope the people in this room will
listen closely to the people who work for you. The civil
servants on the front lines know what works because they are
right there. Whether they're working with disadvantaged
children, promoting American exports, or managing our public
lands, they are in touch with the American people.
And there is much we need to accomplish for America. There
is a mandate to fulfill. And there are problems to solve. We
have work to do in promoting education, in protecting the
environment, and in fighting crime. We have work to do in our
cities and on our farms, and we have a war on drugs to win. We
must provide for the common defense, and we must keep our economy
growing, so it can keep producing jobs and opportunity. Above
all we have a compact with the American people; they pay for
excellent Government, and they deserve to receive it. And
together we can assure that this is done.
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And there is one more thing we need to do. The Government
is here to serve, but it cannot replace individual service. So
shouldn't all of us who are public servants also set an example
of service as private citizens? So I want to ask all of you --
and all the appointees in this Administration -- to do what so
many of you already do: To lend a hand.
Ours should be a Nation characterized by conspicuous
compassion, generosity that is overflowing and abundant. And you
can help make this happen outside of your workplace, in your
communities, your neighborhoods, in any of the unlimited
opportunities for voluntary service and charity where your help
is so greatly needed.
Well, I am honored to lead you and to work with you. You
here in Washington, and your colleagues in Federal service around
the Nation, are some of the unsung heroes of America. The United
States is the greatest Nation in the world because we fulfill
that mission of greatness one person at a time, as individuals
dedicated to serving our country.
As we embark on a great new chapter in our Nation's history,
I want to tell you that I am proud of you and very glad that we
will be writing this chapter together.
Thank you all and God bless you.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
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FR: BILL NORTON BN
RE: Distinguished SES Members, Presidential SES Address
Linda Quinn, SEC, who was on the original list sent over yesterday,
will not be attending.
Harriet Jenkins, NASA, will replace her. Jenkins won a Distinguished
Presidential Rank Award in 1983, and a Meritorious Presidential
Rank Award in 1980.
Information attached.
Robertson, at Agriculture, has now been confirmed as expected.
Ses Merit winders Award
BURRELL W. HAYS
Technical Director, Naval Weapons Center
Department of the Navy
Mr. Hays was selected for his outstanding technical and leadership skills in major weapons
systems development, and his immense and varied contributions to Naval aviation. Through
his initiative, foresight, and perseverance in pursuit of technological innovations, pre-planned
product improvement, improved production techniques, and quality assurance, great in-
creases in productivity and savings in production costs of weapons systems have been
achieved. Also, through his brilliant efforts, improved reliability and maintainability of
naval Weapons Systems have resulted in significant increases in availability of weapons
to the Fleet. He is highly respected throughout government and industry for his experience
in weapons technology and is often called upon as a consultant, He has been instrumental
in developing joint working relationships with other agencies to reduce costs of weapons
systems.
S. NEIL HOSENBALL
General Counsel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mr. Hosenball was named General Counsel by the NASA Administrator in June of 1973.
In this capacity he serves as the principal legal adviser to the NASA Administrator and
is responsible for the providing of legal advice and assistance to all organizational compo-
nents of NASA. He prepares the legislative program of NASA, Executive Orders recom-
mended by NASA, and provides comments on proposed legislation, Executive Orders,
and regulations that may affect the NASA mission. His office provides legal representa-
tion for NASA in matters before the courts, the Congress, and other Government agencies
(Federal, state and local). He also serves as NASA's Ethics Counselor in administering
the provisions of the Ethics in Government Act.
ANTHONY L. ITTEILAG
1983 D winner
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget
Department of Health and Human Services
Anthony L. Itteilag has worked in the Federal budget field for over 18 years. He has been
in his present position since 1980 where he has been responsible for the planning and for-
mulation of the Department's budget, now over $288 billion annually. He has pioneered
many new budget policies and management concepts enabling the Department to effec-
tively meet the challenge of major policy changes accomplished through the budget process.
His contributions to the formulation of the Department's budgets have been an integral
1980 M urines
and indispensable step in the translation of policy into the effective delivery of social
programs.
HARRIET G. JENKINS
Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity Programs
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dr. Jenkins is responsible for helping NASA integrate its work force, and for ensuring
equal opportunity in personnel transactions and in the utilization of NASA's resources.
She advises and assists senior management officials in establishing, maintaining and con-
ducting programs to promote equal opportunity for employees and applicants. Through
her leadership the affirmative action effort at NASA includes the meeting of aggressive
goals and timetables, extensive recruiting for scarce talent, development and utilization
of on-board employees, and numerous outreach efforts to increase the resource pool of
minority, female and handicapped engineers and scientists for potential employment in
NASA.
9
1983 brochure
Removal
The Senior Executive Service
Table 1
Removal of SES Career Members
Possible Consequences of Removal
Type of Removal from SES
Fallback to
Removal
Appeal
GS-15/Saved
From
Right
Salary
Government
to MSPB
During Probationary Period
Performance
Yes (a)
No (b)
No
Adverse Action
No
Yes
Yes (c)
Reduction in Force
Yes (a)
No (b)
Yes
After Probationary Period
Performance:
One unsatisfactory rating (optional)
Yes
No
No (d)
Two unsatisfactory ratings in 5 years (mandatory)
Yes
No
No (d)
Two less than fully successful ratings in
3 years (mandatory)
Yes
No
No (d)
Adverse Action
No
Yes
Yes
Reduction in Force
Yes (e)
No
Yes
(a) Fallback and SES salary guaranteed if had career or career-conditional appointment prior to SES.
(b) However, removal from government if did not have career or career-conditional appointment prior to SES.
(c) Only if covered by adverse action procedures prior to SES.
(d) Entitled to informal hearing only at MSPB.
(e) Entitled to any SES vacancy for which qualified, and to OPM 45-day placement assistance prior to removal
from the SES.
Dr. Harriet Jenkins (1980
Meritorious and 1983
Distinguished Executive)
congratulates Dr. William
Ballhaus (1985 Meritorious
Executive), Director of the
Ames Research Center,
for their winning of the
NASA Equal Opportunity
Program Trophy. Dr.
Jenkins is the Assistant
Administrator for Equal
Opportunity Programs
at NASA.
12
From 1988 SES Brochure
The Senior Executive Service
Removal
CHAPTER 8:
Removal
The following sections and Table 1 ex-
Guaranteed Placement
plain how SES members may be removed
Career executives removed from the SES fol-
from their positions, and the protections
lowing completion of the probationary peri-
they have when an agency proposes
od (for performance or during a RIF) must
removal.
be given a position at no less than a GS-15,
with the former SES salary retained. SES
Removal During
members who meet the age and length of
Probationary Period
service requirements may elect discontinued
A new career executive must serve a one-
service retirement in lieu of a GS-15 po-
year probationary period to acquire ten-
sition.
ure in the SES. During the probationary
Adverse Actions
period, a career executive may be re-
moved from the SES for unacceptable per-
Career SES members may be removed from
formance, for misconduct, or under a
the Federal service or suspended for more
reduction in force (RIF). Executives who
than 14 days for misconduct, neglect of duty,
held a career or career-conditional ap-
malfeasance, failure to accept a directed
pointment (or equivalent) prior to the SES
reassignment, or failure to accompany a po-
appointment have "fallback" rights to a
sition in a transfer of function. They are en-
GS-15 position unless the removal was for
titled to 30 days' advance written notice and
misconduct. The current SES salary is re-
full appeal rights to the MSPB if they have
tained.
completed the SES probationary period, or
had appeal rights immediately prior to en-
Removal for Performance
tering the SES.
An executive who receives an unsatisfac-
Executives Serving Under
tory" rating must be reassigned to anoth-
Noncareer and Limited
er SES position or removed from the SES.
Appointing Authorities
Two "unsatisfactory" ratings within five
Noncareer and Limited executives may be
years, or two less than "fully successful"
removed from the SES or from the Federal
ratings with three years, require removal
service at any time. Former career em-
from the SES.
ployees serving in noncareer appointments
have no placement rights. However, em-
Removal During
ployees serving under limited appointments
Reduction in Force
may have placement rights in their agencies
Before an agency conducts a reduction in
if they were formerly in the competitive
force (RIF) which will affect SES mem-
service. Noncareer and limited appointees
bers, it must have a plan which explains
who previously served in the competitive
how RIF procedures work in the agency
service retain any reinstatement eligibility
and how determinations are made on who
they may have had even if they are not en-
is affected, based primarily on perfor-
titled to guaranteed placement.
mance Veterans preference does not
Furlough
apply
Furlough means the placing of an individu-
SES members who have completed the
al in a temporary status without duties or
probationary period and who are affect-
pay because of lack of work or funds. A ca-
ed by a RIF have the right to be placed
reer appointee in the SES may be furloughed
in any vacant SES position for which they
only with 30 days advance written notice,
qualify in their agency. If no such vacan-
except in cases involving unforeseeable cir-
cy exists, OPM will attempt for 45 days
cumstances.
to place the SES member in another agen-
cy. If placement is not possible, the in-
Any furlough for more than 30 days will be
dividual will be removed from the SES.
made under agency competitive procedures.
The agency RIF process may be appealed
Those furloughed may appeal to the MSPB.
to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
11
Elizabeth G. Verville DOS
For nearly 19 years, Ms. Verville's outstanding legal contributions
Deputy Legal Adviser
have advanced important U.S. foreign policies. An internationally
Office of the Legal Adviser
respected negotiatior, Ms. Verville has led the U.S. delegation in
negotiations to resolve our disputed maritime boundary with the
Soviet Union, and has advanced the development of U.S.-Soviet legal relations in discussions with that country.
In 1984 and 1988. she successfully headed U.S. efforts to negotiate new international treaty protections against
a repeat of the 1983 KAL tragedy and terrorism at international airports. Ms. Verville has been instrumental
in U.S. legal matters with the Philippines since the 1986 transition to the Aquino Government as well as in the
development of U.S.-China relations during the past decade. From 1978-81 she was a senior U.S. Representative
to the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, and she served as Legal Adviser to the U.S. Delegation in
negotiations with Vietnam in 1977-78.
Linda C. Quinn
SEC
Linda C. Quinn graduated from Mount Holyoke College, Phi Beta
Director of Corporation Finance
Kappa, in three years and received her J.D. degree from Georgetown
University Law Genter. She joined the Commission in 1980, after
serving law clerk to Judge J. Joseph Smith on the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit and association with Sullivan & Cromwell. Miss Quinn has served as Associate
Director with responsibility for the legal functions of the Division, Staff Director of the Commission's Advisory
Committee on Tender Offers, and Executive Assistant to the previous Chairman, John Shad. As Director, Miss
Quinn oversees the disclosure of obligations of publicly=held companies with securities traded in this country.
During her-tenure Miss Quinn has kept the Commission's disclosure.program in the forefront of the evolving
markets over a period of accelerating changes involving an increasing number-of complex financial instruments
and financing techniques. Miss Quinn has modernized the regulatory process, ensuring that investors are provid-
ed the information necessary to make informed decisions, and providing companies essential flexibility in their
capital raising efforts. Beyond the domestic markets, she has implemented initiatives to address multinational
securities offerings and clear the blurring lines between domestic and international capital markets.
Andrea M. Corcoran
CFTC
Andrea Corcoran has rendered nine years of exemplary service to
Director
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In particular, she has
Division of Trading and Markets
been instrumental in designing Commission trading and financial
oversight programs responsive to new products, new trading mechan-
isms, and new market participants, developing improved industry-
wide standards for customer protection, implementing the exchange audit trail requirements, regulating for the
first time the sale of foreign derivative products into the United States, creating the regulatory model for interna-
tional linkage and cooperative financial compliance arrangements with several countries, including the United
Kingdom, Australia and Singapore, and managing the financial aspects of the October 19, 1987, market events
with no loss of future customer funds due to a broker insolvency. With her outstanding guidance, the Commis-
sion has kept abreast, from a regulatory perspective, of an industry that has grown exponentially since 1978 and
is at the cutting edge of financial innovation. In this connection, she has spearheaded reports on diverse technical
matters, such as approaches to conflicts inherent in self-regulation and on improving financial surveillance and
clearing systems that are consulted around the world and which enhance the agency's reputation as a model for
futures regulators everywhere.
Lucretia F. Myers
Throughout her executive career, Lucretia Myers has been sought out
Executive Director
to serve as an agent for management change. She is widely recog-
MSPB
nized for her exceptional leadership in developing and implement-
ing management improvements of long-term benefit. As Executive
Director, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Ms. Myers manages an agency with worldwide jurisdiction for
adjudicating adverse action appeals brought by an eligible population of nearly two million employees. Under
her leadership, the number of appeals settled has increased 47 percent, putting the Board in the forefront of the
general movement to use alternate dispute resolution methods. As the Assistant Director of Retirement Programs,
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Ms. Myers saved taxpayers over $8 million annually while overseeing
benefits payments of $22 billion a year to 1.8 million annuitants. As Deputy Associate Director for Compliance
and Investigations, an organization responsible for conducting over 300,000 personnel investigations annually,
Ms. Myers pioneered using private sector services in Federal investigations and was responsible for averting a
deficit of millions of dollars in the Federal investigations revolving fund. In her dedication, creativity, and out-
standing executive capabilities, Ms. Myers has distinguished herself as an exemplary public servant.
Harriet Jenkins
NASA - Distinguished Rank Award
Asst. Administrator for EOPrograms
Steven R. Cohen OPM
Regional Director
Chicago Region
Chicago, Illinois
As the Federal government's top personnel management
official for Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Min-
nesota, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, Mr. Cohen
is responsible for the successful development, operation,
and management of a wide variety of programs for a Fed-
eral agency workforce of approximately 250,000. His un-
derstanding and application of management principles and
his commitment to the advancement of the Federal per-
sonnel system are evidenced by consistently high levels
of performance both on his own part and that of the or-
ganization he manages and earned him the Director's
Award for Distinguished Service, the highest Office of Personnel Management award. Each
of the Region's personnel program activities is at or near the top in terms of agency-wide
productivity, effectiveness and cost efficiency and the Region earned Director's Awards
for Cost Efficiency in 1985 and again in 1986. Mr. Cohen's many extra-agency activities
include chairing the Chicago Federal Executive Board and serving as a member of the
Public Administration Advisory Council of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Timothy Coffey DOD, Navy
Director of Research
Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Coffey is being recognized for his exceptional con-
tributions in managing and directing a $500 million re-
search and development program of national and
international scope. Early in Dr. Coffey's career, he was
a major force in establishing the Plasma Physics Divi-
sion at the Laboratory and in developing it into one of
the world's leading centers for high power physics,
charged particle dynamics, and geographical research. His
personal contributions include publication of more than
70 professional papers and articles; his scientific contri-
butions span three decades of scientific achievement.
Because of Dr. Coffey's exceptional leadership and direction, the Laboratory's produc-
tivity is extremely high and has resulted in more than 1,000 scientific and technical publi-
cations being produced in the past year. Dr. Coffey has been very active in the national
efforts to revitalize the Federal scientific enterprise and has worked in this context with
the White House, Congress. and the heads of most government agencies.
James B. MacRae, Jr.
Mr. MacRae is the senior career official in OMB's Office of Infor-
Deputy Administrator
mation and Regulatory Affairs. This office is charged with reduc-
Office of Information and Regulatory
ing the burden imposed on the public by Federal information and
Affairs
regulatory activities, improving the efficiency and effectiveness with
OMB
which Federal information resources are managed, and enhancing
the quality and timeliness of information required to support Gov-
emment decisions. The 70-person staff works closely with all the Federal agencies on a day-to-day basis. review-
ing some 2,000 draft regulations and 4,000 proposed information collections each year. The impact on the na-
tional economy of the Federal regulations and paperwork requirements totaled over $100 billion in 1987. Mr.
MacRae has had an exceptionally broad and varied career, with service in the private sector and in the Foreign
Service, OMB and the former Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In the course of his distinguished
career, he has maintained effective Congressional liaison for the multibillion dollar Medicare and Medicaid pro-
grams, been a driving force in developing innovative improvements in tax administration and financial manage-
ment, and has been responsible for eliminating Federal reporting and paperwork activities that required the public
to spend millions of hours filling out Federal forms.
Kathleen A. Buto
HGS
As Acting Director, and previously Deputy Director, of the Bu-
Acting Director
reau of Eligibility, Reimbursement and Coverage, Ms. Buto has
Bureau of Eligibility, Reimbursement
been instrumental in the development of a number of sweeping re-
and Coverage
forms, including Medicare payment of hospital malpractice and
reimbursement of direct medical education, which will significant-
ly reduce Medicare and Medicaid expenditures. Ms. Buto has
been actively involved in many highly sensitive and controversial issues. She was the individual principally respon-
sible for developing a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the difficult medical, ethical and
payment questions concerning Medicare coverage of heart transplants. As Chairperson of both the Coverage Ad-
visory Group and the Physician's Panel, Ms. Buto oversees the identification of new items and services proposed
for coverage under Medicare. At her initiative, the agency will, for the first time, issue criteria for covering new
medical procedures and technologies under Medicare. Ms. Buto has continued to work tirelessly with Federal
agencies and private sector groups to further define such topics as medical necessity, technology assessment and
cost effectiveness, issues which are certain to impact on the nation's future health care system.
Pat L. Schittulli
DOD,
Afpat L. Schittulli's strong leadership as Director of Civilian Person-
Director
nel continues a distinguished 29-year career of service at all levels
Air Force Civilian Personnel
of management within the Department of the Air Force. He directs
one of the most highly productive and motivated work forces in
the Federal Government. He has created and implemented programs
that have enhanced the productivity and welfare of the Air Force's 300,000 civilian employees and established
himself a leader of major dimensions among the Federal Government's senior personnel directors. He is the chief
architect of the Air Force's long-range strategic plan to develop an even more competitive civilian personnel sys-
tem that will recruit, compensate, develop and challenge the best and brightest Air Force civilian employees in
the 1990s. Many of his accomplishments are "firsts" in the Federal sector, reflecting the breadth and depth of
his executive knowledge and competencies. An innovative, pioneering manager, his accomplishments, integrity
and personal conduct embody and serve as a model of the best attributes of a dedicated public servant.
F. Dale Robertson DOA
As Chief of the Forest Service, since February 1987, F. Dale Robert-
Chief
son has distinguished himself by his extraordinary leadership in
Forest Service
managing one of the nation's largest natural resource agencies. His
responsibilities include management of the following: more than
190 million acres of national forests and grasslands; the largest
forestry research organization in the world; a program of forestry assistance to State and local governments, in-
dustry and private landowners; and work and training programs for the unemployed, disadvantaged youth, and
older Americans. Mr. Robertson has initiated many changes which resulted in increased morale and productivity,
progress on resolving many difficult issues, and improved working relationships with Congress and user groups.
As the Chief, he has successfully pushed the concept of partnerships in getting user groups to contribute resources,
such as dollars and time, to get research and conservation work done on the National Forests. The Forest Service
is on the leading edge of this trend in government. Also, under the Chief's leadership, the Forest Service is pi-
oneering many new management concepts to increase innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in government,
which has led to increased productivity in the agency. During Fiscal Year 1987, he did a superb job in handling
one of the worst fire emergencies in the nation's history by mobilizing 22,000 firefighters to fight 1,600 lightning-
caused fires at the same time in California and Oregon. This effort is one of the best illustrations, ever, of Federal,
State, local, and private sector cooperation and teamwork.
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These folks have all won the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award
in either 1987 or 1988.
With the exception of Quinn and Robertson, they have all been con-
firmed for participation on Thursday. We expect the remaining
confirmations shortly.
Tim Coffey of Navy also serves on the SES Advisory Board which advises
the OPM Director on SES issues.
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Elizabeth G. Verville
DOS
For nearly 19 years, Ms. Verville's outstanding legal contributions
Deputy Legal Adviser
have advanced important U.S. foreign policies. An internationally
Office of the Legal Adviser
respected negotiatior, Ms. Verville has led the U.S. delegation in
negotiations to resolve our disputed maritime boundary with the
Soviet Union, and has advanced the development of U.S.-Soviet legal relations in discussions with that country.
In 1984 and 1988, she successfully headed U.S. efforts to negotiate new international treaty protections against
a repeat of the 1983 KAL tragedy and terrorism at international airports. Ms. Verville has been instrumental
in U.S. legal matters with the Philippines since the 1986 transition to the Aquino Government as well as in the
development of U.S.-China relations during the past decade. From 1978-81 she was a senior U.S. Representative
to the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, and she served as Legal Adviser to the U.S. Delegation in
negotiations with Vietnam in 1977-78.
Linda C. Quinn
SEC
Linda C. Quinn graduated from Mount Holyoke College, Phi Beta
Director of Corporation Finance
Kappa, in three years and received her J.D. degree from Georgetown
University Law Center. She joined the Commission in 1980, after
serving as a law clerk to Judge J. Joseph Smith on the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit and association with Sullivan & Cromwell. Miss Quinn has served as Associate
Director with responsibility for the legal functions of the Division, Staff Director of the Commission's Advisory
Committee on Tender Offers, and Executive Assistant to the previous Chairman, John Shad. As Director, Miss
Quinn oversees the disclosure of obligations of publicly-held companies with securities traded in this country.
During her tenure Miss Quinn has kept the Commission's disclosure program in the forefront of the evolving
markets over a period of accelerating changes involving an increasing number of complex financial instruments
and financing techniques. Miss Quinn has modernized the regulatory process, ensuring that investors are provid-
ed the information necessary to make informed decisions, and providing companies essential flexibility in their
capital raising efforts. Beyond the domestic markets, she has implemented initiatives to address multinational
securities offerings and clear the blurring lines between domestic and international capital markets.
Andrea M. Corcoran
Andrea Corcoran has rendered nine years of exemplary service to
Director
CFTC
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In particular, she has
Division of Trading and Markets
been instrumental in designing Commission trading and financial
oversight programs responsive to new products, new trading mechan-
isms, and new market participants, developing improved industry-
wide standards for customer protection, implementing the exchange audit trail requirements, regulating for the
first time the sale of foreign derivative products into the United States, creating the regulatory model for interna-
tional linkage and cooperative financial compliance arrangements with several countries, including the United
Kingdom, Australia and Singapore, and managing the financial aspects of the October 19, 1987, market events
with no loss of future customer funds due to a broker insolvency. With her outstanding guidance, the Commis-
sion has kept abreast, from a regulatory perspective, of an industry that has grown exponentially since 1978 and
is at the cutting edge of financial innovation. In this connection, she has spearheaded reports on diverse technical
matters, such as approaches to conflicts inherent in self-regulation and on improving financial surveillance and
clearing systems that are consulted around the world and which enhance the agency's reputation as a model for
futures regulators everywhere.
Lucretia F. Myers
Throughout her executive career, Lucretia Myers has been sought out
Executive Director
to serve as an agent for management change. She is widely recog-
MSPB
nized for her exceptional leadership in developing and implement-
ing management improvements of long-term benefit. As Executive
Director, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Ms. Myers manages an agency with worldwide jurisdiction for
adjudicating adverse action appeals brought by an eligible population of nearly two million employees. Under
her leadership, the number of appeals settled has increased 47 percent, putting the Board in the forefront of the
general movement to use alternate dispute resolution methods. As the Assistant Director of Retirement Programs,
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Ms. Myers saved taxpayers over $8 million annually while overseeing
benefits payments of $22 billion a year to 1.8 million annuitants. As Deputy Associate Director for Compliance
and Investigations, an organization responsible for conducting over 300,000 personnel investigations annually,
Ms. Myers pioneered using private sector services in Federal investigations and was responsible for averting a
deficit of millions of dollars in the Federal investigations revolving fund. In her dedication, creativity, and out-
standing executive capabilities, Ms. Myers has distinguished herself as an exemplary public servant.
Steven R. Cohen OPM
Regional Director
Chicago Region
Chicago, Illinois
As the Federal government's top personnel management
official for Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Min-
nesota, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, Mr. Cohen
is responsible for the successful development, operation,
and management of a wide variety of programs for a Fed-
eral agency workforce of approximately 250,000. His un-
derstanding and application of management principles and
his commitment to the advancement of the Federal per-
sonnel system are evidenced by consistently high levels
of performance both on his own part and that of the or-
ganization he manages and earned him the Director's
Award for Distinguished Service, the highest Office of Personnel Management award. Each
of the Region's personnel program activities is at or near the top in terms of agency-wide
productivity, effectiveness and cost efficiency and the Region earned Director's Awards
for Cost Efficiency in 1985 and again in 1986. Mr. Cohen's many extra-agency activities
include chairing the Chicago Federal Executive Board and serving as a member of the
Public Administration Advisory Council of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Timothy Coffey
DOD, Navy
Director of Research
Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Coffey is being recognized for his exceptional con-
tributions in managing and directing a $500 million re-
search and development program of national and
international scope. Early in Dr. Coffey's career, he was
a major force in establishing the Plasma Physics Divi-
sion at the Laboratory and in developing it into one of
the world's leading centers for high power physics,
charged particle dynamics, and geographical research. His
personal contributions include publication of more than
70 professional papers and articles; his scientific contri-
butions span three decades of scientific achievement.
Because of Dr. Coffey's exceptional leadership and direction, the Laboratory's produc-
tivity is extremely high and has resulted in more than 1,000 scientific and technical publi-
cations being produced in the past year. Dr. Coffey has been very active in the national
efforts to revitalize the Federal scientific enterprise and has worked in this context with
the White House, Congress, and the heads of most government agencies.
James B. MacRae, Jr.
Mr. MacRae is the senior career official in OMB's Office of Infor-
Deputy Administrator
mation and Regulatory Affairs. This office is charged with reduc-
Office of Information and Regulatory
ing the burden imposed on the public by Federal information and
Affairs
regulatory activities, improving the efficiency and effectiveness with
OMB
which Federal information resources are managed, and enhancing
the quality and timeliness of information required to support Gov-
ernment decisions. The 70-person staff works closely with all the Federal agencies on a day-to-day basis, review-
ing some 2,000 draft regulations and 4,000 proposed information collections each year. The impact on the na-
tional economy of the Federal regulations and paperwork requirements totaled over $100 billion in 1987. Mr.
MacRae has had an exceptionally broad and varied career, with service in the private sector and in the Foreign
Service, OMB and the former Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In the course of his distinguished
career, he has maintained effective Congressional liaison for the multibillion dollar Medicare and Medicaid pro-
grams, been a driving force in developing innovative improvements in tax administration and financial manage-
ment, and has been responsible for eliminating Federal reporting and paperwork activities that required the public
to spend millions of hours filling out Federal forms.
Kathleen A. Buto
HHS
As Acting Director, and previously Deputy Director, of the Bu-
Acting Director
reau of Eligibility, Reimbursement and Coverage, Ms. Buto has
Bureau of Eligibility, Reimbursement
been instrumental in the development of a number of sweeping re-
and Coverage
forms, including Medicare payment of hospital malpractice and
reimbursement of direct medical education, which will significant-
ly reduce Medicare and Medicaid expenditures. Ms. Buto has
been actively involved in many highly sensitive and controversial issues. She was the individual principally respon-
sible for developing a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the difficult medical, ethical and
payment questions concerning Medicare coverage of heart transplants. As Chairperson of both the Coverage Ad-
visory Group and the Physician's Panel, Ms. Buto oversees the identification of new items and services proposed
for coverage under Medicare. At her initiative, the agency will, for the first time, issue criteria for covering new
medical procedures and technologies under Medicare. Ms. Buto has continued to work tirelessly with Federal
agencies and private sector groups to further define such topics as medical necessity, technology assessment and
cost effectiveness, issues which are certain to impact on the nation's future health care system.
Pat L. Schittulli
DOD,
AfPat L. Schittulli's strong leadership as Director of Civilian Person-
Director
nel continues a distinguished 29-year career of service at all levels
Air Force Civilian Personnel
of management within the Department of the Air Force. He directs
one of the most highly productive and motivated work forces in
the Federal Government. He has created and implemented programs
that have enhanced the productivity and welfare of the Air Force's 300,000 civilian employees and established
himself a leader of major dimensions among the Federal Government's senior personnel directors. He is the chief
architect of the Air Force's long-range strategic plan to develop an even more competitive civilian personnel sys-
tem that will recruit, compensate, develop and challenge the best and brightest Air Force civilian employees in
the 1990s. Many of his accomplishments are "firsts" in the Federal sector, reflecting the breadth and depth of
his executive knowledge and competencies. An innovative, pioneering manager, his accomplishments, integrity
and personal conduct embody and serve as a model of the best attributes of a dedicated public servant.
F. Dale Robertson DOA
As Chief of the Forest Service, since February 1987, F. Dale Robert-
Chief
son has distinguished himself by his extraordinary leadership in
Forest Service
managing one of the nation's largest natural resource agencies. His
responsibilities include management of the following: more than
190 million acres of national forests and grasslands; the largest
forestry research organization in the world; a program of forestry assistance to State and local governments, in-
dustry and private landowners; and work and training programs for the unemployed, disadvantaged youth, and
older Americans. Mr. Robertson has initiated many changes which resulted in increased morale and productivity,
progress on resolving many difficult issues, and improved working relationships with Congress and user groups.
As the Chief, he has successfully pushed the concept of partnerships in getting user groups to contribute resources,
such as dollars and time, to get research and conservation work done on the National Forests. The Forest Service
is on the leading edge of this trend in government. Also, under the Chief's leadership, the Forest Service is pi-
oneering many new management concepts to increase innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in government,
which has led to increased productivity in the agency. During Fiscal Year 1987, he did a superb job in handling
one of the worst fire emergencies in the nation's history by mobilizing 22,000 firefighters to fight 1,600 lightning-
caused fires at the same time in California and Oregon. This effort is one of the best illustrations, ever, of Federal,
State, local, and private sector cooperation and teamwork.
(Klugmann)
January 25, 1989
1:30 p.m. GB
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
CONSTITUTION HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
Thank you very much. It's great to be here with the men and
women whom I regard as some of America's finest. [Recognize
award winners -- names to come.] You are the first group that I
am addressing as President outside the White House, and you are
one of the most important groups I will ever speak to.
You know I wanted to be fully briefed before I came so I
asked one of my staff "when does open season begin?" He looked
up from the paper and said "for you, sir, it begins as soon as
the honeymoon ends."
And by the way, I checked with counsel earlier today. I
know you're Hatched, but he said if the spirit moves you, you are
free to laugh or applaud -- just not too loud.
I did want to say that you and I have something in common,
particularly the way we got our jobs. Pundits agree: Of all the
candidates, I had the best [form] 171.
But seriously, what we really have in common is that each of
us is here to serve the American people. Each of us is here
because of a belief in public service as the highest and noblest
calling. And each one of us, on our first day, took a solemn
oath: We pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States
of America, and that is what we shall do.
Our mandate comes from the people, because, as Abraham
Lincoln said, "no man is good enough to govern another man
without that other's consent." So now that the people have
- 2 -
spoken I am coming to you as President and offering my hand in
partnership. I am asking you to join me as full members on our
team. I promise to lead; I promise to listen; and I promise to
serve beside you as we work together to carry out the will of the
American people.
Our principles are clear. That government service is a
noble calling and a public trust. I learned that from my parents
at an early age, and that, I suspect, is where many of you
learned it as well. There is no higher honor than to serve free
men and women; no greater privilege than to labor in Government
beneath the Great Seal of the United States and the American
flag.
That is why this Administration is dedicated to ethics in
Government and the need for honorable men and women to serve in
positions of trust. Yesterday, I appointed a commission to
develop new ethics reform proposals which will include all
branches of the Federal Government. The guiding principle will
be simply to know right from wrong; to act in accordance with
what is right, and to avoid even the appearance of what is wrong.
Our duty is to serve, and my strong conviction is that we must do
it only for the right reasons, as you do, out of a sense of
service and a love of country. Government should be an
opportunity for public service not private gain.
I want to make sure that public service is valued and
respected because I want to encourage America's young people to
pursue careers in Government. There is nothing more fulfilling
- 3 -
than to serve your country and your fellow citizens and to do it
well. That's what our system of self-government depends on.
And I have not known a finer group of people than those I
have worked with in Government. You are men and women of
knowledge, ability, and integrity. I saw that in the C.I.A., I
saw that when I was in China and at the U.N., and for the last 8
years I saw that in every department and agency of the United
States Government. I saw that commitment to excellence in the
Federal workers I came to know and respect in Washington, across
America, and around the world. You work hard, you sacrifice, and
you deserve to be recognized, rewarded, and appreciated. I
pledge to try to make Federal jobs more challenging, more
satisfying, and more fulfilling. I am dedicated to making the
system work and making it work better.
Starting 8 years ago I led a task force to remove
unnecessary regulation of the private sector, to free up the
energies of the American people. But I think we need also to
continue to remove unnecessary and counterproductive regulation
of Federal workers and senior executives. I believe that there
is tremendous pent-up energy in the Federal Government, a
powerful force for good, that needs to be released, and I want to
be the President to do that, to release the Federal manager from
bureaucratic bondage so that together we can, as I said on the
steps of the Capitol, use power to serve people.
I think Connie Horner has done an outstanding job at the
Office of Personnel Management. And I am delighted that my new
Director of O.P.M. will be Connie Newman. She is an outstanding
- 4 -
executive, I have great confidence in her, and I think she's
learned a few things on her way up since 1962: that's the year
she began in Federal service as a clerk-typist at the Department
of the Interior. Just as the award winners here today represent
the best and brightest, I think in choosing Connie I found one of
the best and brightest, as well.
Now, as the Cabinet Secretaries staff their agencies,
particularly the senior positions, they will be looking for
ability, for people committed to fulfilling the mandate we
received from the American people and doing it with excellence.
And if we find that the best choice for an appointment is a
career member of the Senior Executive Service, I would not be
opposed to that, as my selection of our U.N. Ambassador should
underline.
I have a conservative vision of Government; I ran and was
elected on those terms. However, I see no strain or tension
between those values and the values of a professional civil
service whose highest principle is one of patriotism, whose
foremost commitment is to excellence, whose experience and
expertise is itself a national resource to be used and respected.
I am the first President to meet with a full complement of
the Senior Executive Service, and I'm urging all my appointees to
build a spirit of teamwork between the political and career
officials. And each of you has a special role to play here. You
have reached the top of your profession, you are skilled
managers, knowledgeable in your fields, and respected by your
colleagues. I'm asking you to join with our political appointees
- 5 -
not only in setting an example of cooperation but one of
excellence as well.
To those who work outside Washington, I would send a special
message. At times it may be frustrating when it seems that the
head office is thousands of miles away and the message is not
getting through. But if I may, I'm going to issue a verbal
executive order: we're going to listen. Because the heart of
our Government is not here in Washington; it's in every county
office, every town or city across this land. Wherever the people
of America are, that's where the heart of our Government is.
And since, in any organization, so many of the best ideas
come from the bottom up, I hope the people in this room will
listen closely to the people who work for you. The civil
servants on the front lines know what works because they are
right there. Whether they're working with disadvantaged
children, promoting American exports, or managing our public
lands, they are in touch with the American people.
And there is much we need to accomplish for America. There
is a mandate to fulfill. And there are problems to solve. We
have work to do in promoting education, in protecting the
environment, and in fighting crime. We have work to do in our
cities and on our farms, and we have a war on drugs to win. We
must provide for the common defense, and we must keep our economy
growing, so it can keep producing jobs and opportunity. Above
all we have a compact with the American people; they pay for
excellent Government, and they deserve to receive it. And
together we can assure that this is done.
- 6 -
And there is one more thing we need to do. The Government
is here to serve, but it cannot replace individual service. So
shouldn't all of us who are public servants also set an example
of service as private citizens? So I want to ask all of you --
and all the appointees in this Administration -- to do what so
many of you already do: To lend a hand.
Ours should be a Nation characterized by conspicuous
compassion, generosity that is overflowing and abundant. And you
can help make this happen outside of your workplace, in your
communities, your neighborhoods, in any of the unlimited
opportunities for voluntary service and charity where your help
is so greatly needed.
Well, I am honored to lead you and to work with you. You
here in Washington, and your colleagues in Federal service around
the Nation, are some of the unsung heroes of America. The United
States is the greatest Nation in the world because we fulfill
that mission of greatness one person at a time, as individuals
dedicated to serving our country.
As we embark on a great new chapter in our Nation's history,
I want to tell you that I am proud of you and very glad that we
will be writing this chapter together.
Thank you all and God bless you.
000203
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
1/24/89
9:00 AM 1/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE,
SUBJECT:
CONSTITUTION HALL
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
KLUGMANN
CARD
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide comments/recommendaions directly to Mark Klugmann
Room 118 X7150 with an info coy to my office by 9:00am Wednesday,
January 25. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
- 1 -
(Klugmann)
January 24, 1989
1:45 p.m.
1003 JAN 24 [] 3. 03
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
CONSTITUTION HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
Thank you very much. It's great to be here with the men and
women whom I regard as America's finest. You are the first group
that I am addressing as President, and you are one of the most
important groups I will ever speak to.
You know I wanted to be fully briefed before I came so I
asked one of my staff "when does open season begin?" He looked
up from the paper and said "for you, sir, it begins as soon as
the honeymoon ends."
And by the way, I checked with counsel earlier today. I
know you're Hatched, but he said if the spirit moves you, you are
free to laugh or applaud -- just not too loud.
I did want to say that you and I have something in common,
particularly the way we got our jobs. Pundits agree: Of all the
candidates, I had the best [form] 171.
But seriously, what we we really have in common is that each
of us is here to serve the American people. Each of us is here
because of a belief in public service as the highest and noblest
calling. And each one of us, on our first day, took a solemn
oath: We pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States
of America, and that is what we shall do.
Our mandate comes from the people, because, as
said,
no man is wise enough to govern another without that person's
consent. So now that the people have spoken I am coming to you
as President and offering my hand. Not in reconciliation --
- 2 -
because there has been no division between us -- but in
partnership. I am asking you to join me as full members on our
team. I promise to lead; I promise to listen; and I promise to
serve beside you as we work together to execute the will of the
American people.
Our principles are clear. That government service is a
noble calling and a public trust. I learned that from my parents
at the dinner table, and that, I suspect, is where many of you
learned it as well. There is no higher honor than to serve free
men and women; no greater privilege than to labor in Government
beneath the Great Seal of the United States and the American
flag.
That is why this Administration is dedicated to ethics in
Government and the need for honorable men and women to serve in
positions of trust. I am appointing a commission this week to
develop new ethics legislation which will include all branches of
Government. The guiding principle will be simply to know right
from wrong; to act in accordance with what is right, and to avoid
even the appearance of what is wrong. Our duty is to serve, and
my strong conviction is that we must do it only for the right
reasons: not out of financial interest, but rather, as you do,
out of a sense of service and a love of country.
I want to make public service the most respected type of
work because I want to encourage America's young people to pursue
careers in Government. There is no work more fulfilling than to
serve your country and your fellow citizens and to do it well.
That's what our system of self-government depends on.
- 3 -
And I have not known a finer group of people than those I
have worked with in Government. You are men and women of
knowledge, ability, and integrity. I saw that in the C.I.A., I
saw that when I was with you in China and at the U.N., and for
the last 8 years I saw that in every department and agency of the
United States Government. I saw that commitment to excellence in
the Federal workers I came to know and respect in Washington,
across America, and around the world. You work hard, you
sacrifice, you give more than you receive, and you deserve to be
and H
recognized, rewarded, and appreciated. Money is part of that
hope th
But also I pledge to try to make Federal jobs more challenging,
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more satisfying, and more fulfilling. I am dedicated to making
therais the
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Eight years ago I led a task force to remove unnecessary
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American people. But I think we need to take it another step and
remove excessive, unnecessary, and counterproductive
over-regulation of Federal workers and senior executives. I
believe that there is tremendous pent-up energy in the Federal
Government, a powerful force for good, that needs to be released,
and I want to be the President to do that, to release the Federal
worker from bureaucratic bondage so that together we can, as I
said on the steps of the Capitol, use power to serve people.
As the Cabinet Secretaries staff their agencies,
particularly the senior positions, they will be looking for
ability, for people committed to fulfilling the mandate we
received from the American people and doing it with excellence.
- 4 -
And if we find that the best choice for a politically-appointed
job is a career member of the Senior Executive Service, I would
not be opposed to that.
I have a conservative vision of Government; I ran and was
elected on those terms. However, I see no strain or tension
between those values and the values of a professional civil
service whose highest principle is one of patriotism, whose
foremost commitment is to excellence, whose experience and
expertise is itself a national resource to be used and respected.
I am the first President to meet with the Senior Executive
Service, and I'm urging all my appointees to build teamwork
between the political and career officials. And each of you has
a special role to play here. You have reached the top of your
profession, you are skilled managers, knowledgeable in your
fields, and respected by your colleagues. I'm asking you to join
with our political appointees not only in setting an example of
cooperation but one of excellence as well.
To those who work outside Washington, I would offer a special
message. At times it may be frustrating when it seems that the
head office is thousands of miles away and the message is not
getting through. But if I may, I'm going to issue a verbal
executive order: we're going to listen. Because the center of
our Government is not here in Washington; it's in every county
office, every town or city across this land. Wherever the
people of America are, that's where the center of our Government
is.
- 5 -
And since, in any organization, so many of the best ideas
come from the bottom up, I hope you'll listen closely to the
people who work for you. The civil servants on the front lines
know what works because they are right there. Whether they're
working in a job training center, or processing export licenses,
or inspecting beef, they are in touch with the American people.
And there is much we need to accomplish for America. There
is a mandate to fulfill. And there are problems to solve. We
have work to do in promoting education, in protecting the
environment, and in fighting crime. We have work to do in our
cities and on our farms. And we have a war on drugs to win.
Above all we have a compact with the American people; they pay
for excellent Government, and they deserve to receive it. And
together we can assure that this is done.
And there is one more thing we need to do. The Government
is here to serve, but it cannot replace individual service. So
shouldn't all of us who are public servants also set an example
of service as private citizens? So I want to ask all of you --
and all the appointees in the Administration -- to do what so
many of you already do: To lend a hand.
Ours should be a Nation characterized by conspicuous
compassion, generosity that is overflowing and abundant. And you
can help make this happen, in your communities, your
neighborhoods, in any of the unlimited opportunities for
voluntary service and charity where your help is so greatly
needed.
- 6 -
Well, I am honored to lead you and to work with you. You
here in Washington, and your colleagues in Federal service around
the Nation, are some of the unsung heroes of America. The United
States is the greatest Nation in the world because we fulfill
that mission of greatness one person at a time, as individuals
dedicated to serving our country.
As we embark on a great new chapter in our Nation's history,
I want to tell you that I am proud of you and very glad that we
will be writing this chapter together.
Thank you all and God bless you.
10 ses oward winners
get names.
000203
Document No.
0065
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
1/24/89
9:00 AM 1/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE,
SUBJECT:
CONSTITUTION HALL
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCRO
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
KLUGMANN
CARD
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide comments/recommendaions directly to Mark Klugmann
Room 118 X7150 with an info coy to my office by 9:00am Wednesday,
January 25. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
January 24, 1989
TO: Mark Klugmann
NSC staff concurs, as is.
Robit Parts Robert Perito
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Acting Executive
Ext. 2702
CC: J. Cicconi
Secretary
- 1 -
(Klugmann)
January 24, 1989
1:45 p.m.
1933 JMI 24 PM 3. 03
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
CONSTITUTION HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
Thank you very much. It's great to be here with the men and
women whom I regard as America's finest. You are the first group
that I am addressing as President, and you are one of the most
important groups I will ever speak to.
You know I wanted to be fully briefed before I came so I
asked one of my staff "when does open season begin?" He looked
up from the paper and said "for you, sir, it begins as soon as
the honeymoon ends. If
And by the way, I checked with counsel earlier today. I
know you're Hatched, but he said if the spirit moves you, you are
free to laugh or applaud -- just not too loud.
I did want to say that you and I have something in common,
particularly the way we got our jobs. Pundits agree: of all the
candidates, I had the best [form] 171.
But seriously, what we we really have in common is that each
of us is here to serve the American people. Each of us is here
because of a belief in public service as the highest and noblest
calling. And each one of us, on our first day, took a solemn
oath: We pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States
of America, and that is what we shall do.
Our mandate comes from the people, because, as
said,
no man is wise enough to govern another without that person's
consent. So now that the people have spoken I am coming to you
as President and offering my hand. Not in reconciliation --
- 2 -
because there has been no division between us -- but in
partnership. I am asking you to join me as full members on our
team. I promise to lead; I promise to listen; and I promise to
serve beside you as we work together to execute the will of the
American people.
Our principles are clear. That government service is a
noble calling and a public trust. I learned that from my parents
at the dinner table, and that, I suspect, is where many of you
learned it as well. There is no higher honor than to serve free
men and women; no greater privilege than to labor in Government
beneath the Great Seal of the United States and the American
flag.
That is why this Administration is dedicated to ethics in
Government and the need for honorable men and women to serve in
positions of trust. I am appointing a commission this week to
develop new ethics legislation which will include all branches of
Government. The guiding principle will be simply to know right
from wrong; to act in accordance with what is right, and to avoid
even the appearance of what is wrong. Our duty is to serve, and
my strong conviction is that we must do it only for the right
reasons: not out of financial interest, but rather, as you do,
out of a sense of service and a love of country.
I want to make public service the most respected type of
work because I want to encourage America's young people to pursue
careers in Government. There is no work more fulfilling than to
serve your country and your fellow citizens and to do it well.
That's what our system of self-government depends on.
- 3 -
And I have not known a finer group of people than those I
have worked with in Government. You are men and women of
knowledge, ability, and integrity. I saw that in the C.I.A., I
saw that when I was with you in China and at the U.N., and for
the last 8 years I saw that in every department and agency of the
United States Government. I saw that commitment to excellence in
the Federal workers I came to know and respect in Washington,
across America, and around the world. You work hard, you
sacrifice, you give more than you receive, and you deserve to be
recognized, rewarded, and appreciated. Money is part of that,
but also I pledge to try to make Federal jobs more challenging,
more satisfying, and more fulfilling. I am dedicated to making
the system work and making it work better.
Eight years ago I led a task force to remove unnecessary
regulation of the private sector, to free up the energies of the
American people. But I think we need to take it another step and
remove excessive, unnecessary, and counterproductive
over-regulation of Federal workers and senior executives. I
believe that there is tremendous pent-up energy in the Federal
Government, a powerful force for good, that needs to be released,
and I want to be the President to do that, to release the Federal
worker from bureaucratic bondage so that together we can, as I
said on the steps of the Capitol, use power to serve people.
As the Cabinet Secretaries staff their agencies,
particularly the senior positions, they will be looking for
ability, for people committed to fulfilling the mandate we
received from the American people and doing it with excellence.
- 4 -
And if we find that the best choice for a politically-appointed
job is a career member of the Senior Executive Service, I would
not be opposed to that.
I have a conservative vision of Government; I ran and was
elected on those terms. However, I see no strain or tension
between those values and the values of a professional civil
service whose highest principle is one of patriotism, whose
foremost commitment is to excellence, whose experience and
expertise is itself a national resource to be used and respected.
I am the first President to meet with the Senior Executive
Service, and I'm urging all my appointees to build teamwork
between the political and career officials. And each of you has
a special role to play here. You have reached the top of your
profession, you are skilled managers, knowledgeable in your
fields, and respected by your colleagues. I'm asking you to join
with our political appointees not only in setting an example of
cooperation but one of excellence as well.
To those who work outside Washington, I would offer a special
message. At times it may be frustrating when it seems that the
head office is thousands of miles away and the message is not
getting through. But if I may, I'm going to issue a verbal
executive order: we're going to listen. Because the center of
our Government is not here in Washington; it's in every county
office, every town or city across this land. Wherever the
people of America are, that's where the center of our Government
is.
- 5 -
And since, in any organization, so many of the best ideas
come from the bottom up, I hope you'll listen closely to the
people who work for you. The civil servants on the front lines
know what works because they are right there. Whether they're
working in a job training center, or processing export licenses,
or inspecting beef, they are in touch with the American people.
And there is much we need to accomplish for America. There
is a mandate to fulfill. And there are problems to solve. We
have work to do in promoting education, in protecting the
environment, and in fighting crime. We have work to do in our
cities and on our farms. And we have a war on drugs to win.
Above all we have a compact with the American people; they pay
for excellent Government, and they deserve to receive it. And
together we can assure that this is done.
And there is one more thing we need to do. The Government
is here to serve, but it cannot replace individual service. So
shouldn't all of us who are public servants also set an example
of service as private citizens? So I want to ask all of you --
and all the appointees in the Administration -- to do what so
many of you already do: To lend a hand.
Ours should be a Nation characterized by conspicuous
compassion, generosity that is overflowing and abundant. And you
can help make this happen, in your communities, your
neighborhoods, in any of the unlimited opportunities for
voluntary service and charity where your help is so greatly
needed.
- 6 -
Well, I am honored to lead you and to work with you. You
here in Washington, and your colleagues in Federal service around
the Nation, are some of the unsung heroes of America. The United
States is the greatest Nation in the world because we fulfill
that mission of greatness one person at a time, as individuals
dedicated to serving our country.
As we embark on a great new chapter in our Nation's history,
I want to tell you that I am proud of you and very glad that we
will be writing this chapter together.
Thank you all and God bless you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 24, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR MARK KLUGMANN
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Briefing for Senior
Executive Service
This is a strong draft in several respects and sends a
host of positive signals to a group of people who often feel
unappreciated and unrecognized. It also includes a positive
thrust toward service, public and private, that is excellent.
My specific comments are as follows:
1. In extending his hand to them at the bottom of page
one and the top of page two, there is no need to make it any-
thing but positive. Replace the allusion to division with a
simple statement of partnership -- "We are partners in a great
cause."
2. Again, on page two, follow right reasons not with a
negative but with a line that George Bush has used several
times in the past. "Government should be an opportunity for
public service, not private gain. "
3. What is the purpose on page three of committing to
removing "excessive, unnecessary, and counterprodutive over-
regulation of Federal workers and senior executives?" Most
civil servants that I know do not feel over-regulated. Nor
do they feel in bureaucratic bondage. Unless we have some-
thing very specific in mind that we intend to deliver on in this
respect, this paragraph could usefully be deleted.
4. At the top of page four rather than talk about not
being opposed to selecting career civil servants for high
political appointments, why not give an example -- Thomas
Pickering as our Ambassador to the United Nations.
5. We should be extremely careful in fact checking in
determining whether George Bush is the first president to meet
with the Senior Executive Service. I recall Ronald Reagan
attending ceremonies where members of the SES were honored.
This should be worded in a way that it cannot be challenged.
Several other comments are in the attached draft. I
hope they are helpful. If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact me.
CC: James Cicconi
000203
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
1/24/89
9:00 AM 1/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE,
SUBJECT:
CONSTITUTION HALL
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
KLUGMANN
CARD
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Ext. 2702
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January 24, 1989
1:45 p.m.
1983 JAN 24 7:1 3. 03
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
CONSTITUTION HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
Thank you very much. It's great to be here with the men and
women whom I regard as America's finest. You are the first group
that I am addressing as President, and you are one of the most
important groups I will ever speak to.
You know I wanted to be fully briefed before I came so I
asked one of my staff "when does open season begin?" He looked
up from the paper and said "for you, sir, it begins as soon as
the honeymoon ends.' "
And by the way, I checked with counsel earlier today. I
know you're Hatched, but he said if the spirit moves you, you are
free to laugh or applaud -- just not too loud.
I did want to say that you and I have something in common,
particularly the way we got our jobs. Pundits agree: of all the
candidates, I had the best [form] 171.
But seriously, what we we really have in common is that each
of us is here to serve the American people. Each of us is here
because of a belief in public service as the highest and noblest
calling. And each one of us, on our first day, took a solemn
oath: We pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States
of America, and that is what we shall do.
Our mandate comes from the people, because, as
said,
no man is wise enough to govern another without that person's
consent. So now that the people have spoken I am coming to you
WE ARE PARTNERS IN A GREAT
as President and offering my hand. Not in reconciliation
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CAUSE
because there has been no division between us but in
partnership. I am asking you to join me as full members on our
team. I promise to lead; I promise to listen; and I promise to
CARRY OUT
serve beside you as we work together to execute the will of the
American people.
Our principles are clear. That government service is a
noble calling and a public trust. I learned that from my parents
at the dinner table, and that, I suspect, is where many of you
learned it as well. There is no higher honor than to serve free
men and women; no greater privilege than to labor in Government
beneath the Great Seal of the United States and the American
flag.
That is why this Administration is dedicated to ethics in
Government and the need for honorable men and women to serve in
positions of trust. I am appointing a commission this week to
develop new ethics legislation which will include all branches of
Government. The guiding principle will be simply to know right
from wrong; to act in accordance with what is right, and to avoid
even the appearance of what is wrong. Our duty is to serve, and
my strong conviction is that we must do it only for the right
reasons: [not out of financial interest, but rather, as you dor]
out of a sense of service and a love of country. GOVERNMENT SHOULD
BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE NOT PRIVATE GAIN.
I want to make public service the most respected type of
work because I want to encourage America's young people to pursue
careers in Government. There is no work more fulfilling than to
serve your country and your fellow citizens and to do it well.
That's what our system of self-government depends on.
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And I have not known a finer group of people than those I
have worked with in Government. You are men and women of
knowledge, ability, and integrity. I saw that in the C.I.A., I
saw that when I was with you in China and at the U.N., and for
the last 8 years I saw that in every department and agency of the
United States Government. I saw that commitment to excellence in
the Federal workers I came to know and respect in Washington,
across America, and around the world. You work hard, you
sacrifice, you give more than you receive, and you deserve to be
recognized, rewarded, and appreciated. Money is part of that,
but also I pledge to try to make Federal jobs more challenging,
more satisfying, and more fulfilling. I am dedicated to making
the system work and making it work better.
Eight years ago I led a task force to remove unnecessary
regulation of the private sector, to free up the energies of the
shouldn't we also alsotocontinue
American people. But I think we need to take it another step and
remove excessive, unnecessary, and terproductive
ver- regulation of Federal workers and senior executives. I
believe that there is tremendous pent-up energy in the Federal
DELETE
Government, a powerful force for good, that needs to be released,
and I want to be the President to do that, to release the Federal
manage
OPM
worker from bureaucratic bondage SO that together we can, as I
Newman
said on the steps of the Capitol use power to serve people.
As the Cabinet Secretaries staff their agencies,
particularly the senior positions, they will be looking for
ability, for people committed to fulfilling the mandate we
received from the American people and doing it with excellence.
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HIGHLIGHT THOMAS PICKERING
And if we find that the best choice for a politically-appointed
job is a career member of the Senior Executive Service, I would
not be opposed to that.
AMERICA'S GOVERNMENT. IS IMMEASURABLY STRENGTHENED
E have a conservative vision of Government; I ran and was
BY A
elected on those terms. However, I see no strain or tension
between those values and the values of a professional civil
SERVICE
service whose highest principle is one of patriotism, whose
foremost commitment is to excellence, whose experience and
expertise is itself a national resource to be used and respected.
I am the first President to meet with the Senior Executive
A SPIRIT of
Service, and I'm urging all my appointees to build teamwork
between the political and career officials. And each of you has
a special role to play here. You have reached the top of your
profession, you are skilled managers, knowledgeable in your
fields, and respected by your colleagues. I'm asking you to join
with our political appointees not only in setting an example of
cooperation but one of excellence as well.
To those who work outside Washington, I would offer a special
message. At times it may be frustrating when it seems that the
head office is thousands of miles away and the message is not
getting through. But if I may, I'm going to issue a verbal
HEART
executive order: we're going to listen. Because the center of
our Government is not here in Washington; it's in every county
office, every town or city across this land. Wherever the
HEART
people of America are, that's where the center of our Government
is.
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And since, in any organization, so many of the best ideas
come from the bottom up, I hope you'll listen closely to the
people who work for you. The civil servants on the front lines
know what works because they are right there. Whether they're
WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, PROMOTING AMERICAN EXPORTS,
working in a job training center, or processing export licenses,
INSURING THE FOOD WE EAT IS PURE AND WHOLESOME
or inspecting beef, they are in touch with the American people.
And there is much we need to accomplish for America. There
is a mandate to fulfill. And there are problems to solve. We
have work to do in promoting education, in protecting the
environment, and in fighting crime. We have work to do in our
cities and on our farms. And we have a war on drugs to win.
Above all we have a compact with the American people; they pay
GOOD
for excellent Government, and they deserve to receive it. And
together we can assure that this is done.
AMERICA BECOMES A KINDER, GENTUER, AND
BETTER NATION.
And there is one more thing we need to do. The Government
is here to serve, but it cannot replace individual service. So
shouldn't all of us who are public servants also set an example
of service as private citizens? So I want to ask all of you --
and all the appointees in the Administration -- to do what so
many of you already do: To lend a hand.
Ours should be a Nation characterized by conspicuous
compassion, generosity that is overflowing and abundant. And you
can help make this happen, in your communities, your
neighborhoods, in any of the unlimited opportunities for
voluntary service and charity where your help is so greatly
needed.
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Well, I am honored to lead you and to work with you. You
here in Washington, and your colleagues in Federal service around
the Nation, are some of the unsung heroes of America. The United
States is the greatest Nation in the world because we fulfill
that mission of greatness one person at a time, as individuals
dedicated to serving our country.
As we embark on a great new chapter in our Nation's history,
I want to tell you that I am proud of you and very glad that we
will be writing this chapter together.
Thank you all and God bless you.
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Copyright (c) 1989 The Washington Post
January 19, 1989, Thursday, Final Edition
SECTION: FIRST SECTION; PAGE A1
LENGTH: 613 words
HEADLINE: Bush Selects Veteran Bureaucrat For OPM;
Newman, Transition's Black Recruiter, Is Seen as 'Solid Performer'
BYLINE: Judith Havemann, Washington Post Staff Writer
BODY:
President-elect George Bush yesterday named Constance Berry Newman, the
transition's chief black recruiter and a veteran government official, as his
director OF the OFFice OF Personnel Management.
Newman began as a clerk typist in the Interior Department in 1962 and moved
into increasingly higher posts under Republican presidents, winding up as an
assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the Ford
administration.
The OPM director is the government's personnel chief, the president's civil
service adviser, the direct boss of about 6,000 bureaucrats and the person who
decides whether Federal workers get to stay home because OF SHOW.
It is a job requiring "extensive knowledge of personnel administration,
including senior level work in benefits, compensation, recruitment and labor
relations," according to The Prune Book, a guide to "the 100 toughest
policymaking jobs" in Washington.
Newman, at Former Bush campaign official, has been a management consultant
since 1981 with clients ranging from the government of the small African country
of Lesotho to the accounting Firm OF Coopers and Lybrand.
In a series of political jobs, she has won high praise from career civil
servants as a "mature, stable, people-oriented person who was smart, paid
attention to detail and was a solid performer," said James W. Morrison JF., a
former OPM director OF retirement and insurance programs.
When VISTA, the domestic volunteer corps, was threatened with elimination
during the Nixon administration, Newman set up standardized criteria For judging
projects, according to Willard L. Hoing, a coworker. It was a governmental
version OF the quality assurance programs commonly Found in industry that helped
to preserve the embattled agency.
At the Consumer Product Safety Commission, where she was one OF the original
five commissioners, she was "capable, had a good staff around her and reached
out to the constituencies" OF the new commission, according to Sadye E. Dunn,
director of the office of the secretary at the safety commission.
At HUD, where she assumed the newly created -- and since eliminated --- job OF
assistant secretary for consumer and regulatory affairs, Newman was "very
effective in setting up mechanisms to deal with consumer groups more
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effectively," said Roosevelt Jones, director OF the office of procurement and
contracts.
AS its talent scout For the transition, Newman was sometimes oriticized for
lacking the national stature necessary to lure the most prominent black
Americans into the Bush administration. A5 the 0PM nominee, she is also little
known in the public administration community.
IF confirmed, Newman will Face several difficult problems, ranging From
whether to require incoming federal workers to pass a standardized test to what
some officials have described as a crisis in the quality OF newly hired
employees.
The Federal pay system, over which OPM presides, is 26 percent behind
salaries in the private sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The retirement and insurance programs are also under Fierce attack.
Newman, 53, was born in Chicago and was graduated from Bates College in Maine
and the University OF Minnesota. She worked On the staff OF the National
Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders, which was set up to examine the causes of
the 1967 urban riots, was regional director for migrant programs in the Midwest,
and began her political appointments as a special assistant in the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare nearly 20 years ago.
She is the former wife of Judge Theodore Newman, the former chief judge of
the D.C. Court of Appeals, and is a gourmet French cook.
TYPE: NATIONAL NEWS, BIOGRAPHY
SUBJECT: APPOINTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; APPOINTMENTS; GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
NAME: CONSTANCE BERRY NEWMAN
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January 24, 1989
1:45 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BRIEFING FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
CONSTITUTION HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
reght appriced that
Thank you very much. It's great to be here with the men ând
women whom I regard as America's finest. You are the first group
X
I am addressing as President, and you are one of the most
important groups I will ever speak to.
You know I wanted to be fully briefed before I came so I
asked one of my staff "when does open season begin?" He looked
up from the paper and said "for you, sir, it begins as soon as
the honeymoon ends."
And by the way, I checked with counsel earlier today. I
know you're Hatched, but he said if the spirit moves you, you are
free to laugh or applaud -- just not too loud.
I did want to say that you and I have something in common,
particularly the way we got our jobs. Pundits agree: of all the
candidates, I had the best [form] 171.
But seriously, what we we really have in common is that each
of us is here to serve the American people. Each of us is here
because of a belief in public service as the highest and noblest
calling. And each one of us, on our first day, took a solemn
oath: We pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States
of America, and that is what we shall do.
Abraham
Our mandate comes from the people, because, as
Lincoln
said,
no man is wise enough to govern another / man without that person'
good
other's
X
consent. So now that the people have spoken I am coming to you
as President and offering my hand. Not in reconciliation --
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because there has been no division between us -- but in
partnership. I am asking you to join me as full members on our
team. I promise to lead; I promise to listen; and I promise to
serve beside you as we work together to execute the will of the
American people.
Our principles are clear. That government service is a
noble calling and a public trust. I learned that from my parents
an early age
at the dinner table, and that, I suspect, is where many of you
learned it as well. There is no higher honor than to serve free
men and women; no greater privilege than to labor in Government
beneath the Great Seal of the United States and the American
flag.
That is why this Administration is dedicated to ethics in
Government and the need for honorable men and women to serve in
appointed
positions of trust. I am appointing a commission this week to
X
develop new ethics legislation which will include all branches of
Government. The guiding principle will be simply to know right
from wrong; to act in accordance with what is right, and to avoid
even the appearance of what is wrong. Our duty is to serve, and
my strong conviction is that we must do it only for the right
reasons: not out of financial interest, but rather, as you do,
out of a sense of service and a love of country.
I want to make public service the most respected type of
work because I want to encourage America's young people to pursue
careers in Government. There is no work more fulfilling than to
serve your country and your fellow citizens and to do it well.
That's what our system of self-government depends on.
- 3 -
And I have not known a finer group of people than those I
have worked with in Government. You are men and women of
knowledge, ability, and integrity. I saw that in the C.I.A., I
saw that when I was with you in China and at the U.N., and for
the last 8 years I saw that in every department and agency of the
United States Government. I saw that commitment to excellence in
the Federal workers I came to know and respect in Washington,
across America, and around the world. You work hard, you
sacrifice, you give more than you receive, and you deserve to be
recognized, rewarded, and appreciated. Money is part of that,
but also I pledge to try to make Federal, jobs more challenging,
more satisfying, and more fulfilling. I am dedicated to making
the system work and making it work better.
d'oppointed to lead
Eight years ago I led a task force to remove unnecessary
regulation of the private sector, to free up the energies of the
American people. But I think we need to take it another step and
remove excessive, unnecessary, and counterproductive
over-regulation of Federal workers and senior executives. I
believe that there is tremendous pent-up energy in the Federal
Government, a powerful force for good, that needs to be released,
and I want to be the President to do that, to release the Federal
worker from bureaucratic bondage so that together we can, as I
said on the steps of the Capitol, use power to serve people.
As the Cabinet Secretaries staff their agencies,
particularly the senior positions, they will be looking for
ability, for people committed to fulfilling the mandate we
received from the American people and doing it with excellence.
- 4 -
appointment
And if we find that the best choice for a politically appointed
Survive Uniumeyes
job is a career member of the Senior Executive Service, I would
not be opposed to that.
I have a conservative vision of Government; I ran and was
elected on those terms. However, I see no strain or tension
between those values and the values of a professional civil
service whose highest principle is one of patriotism, whose
foremost commitment is to excellence, whose experience and
expertise is itself a national resource to be used and respected.
2 full complement of
I am the first President to meet with the Senior Executive
Service, and I'm urging all my appointees to build teamwork
between the political and career officials. And each of you has
a special role to play here. You have reached the top of your
profession, you are skilled managers, knowledgeable in your
fields, and respected by your colleagues. I'm asking you to join
with our political appointees not only in setting an example of
cooperation but one of excellence as well.
To those who work outside Washington, I would offer send a special
and
accept
message. At times it may be frustrating when it seems that the
head office is thousands of miles away and the message is not
and
getting through. But if I may, I'm going to issue a verbal
SES
executive order: we're going to listen. Because the center of
our Government is not here in Washington; it's in every county
Present to be
office, every town or city across this land. Wherever the
people of America are, that's where the center of our Government
is.
- 5 -
And since, in any organization, so many of the best ideas
come from the bottom up, I hope you'll listen closely to the
people who work for you. The civil servants on the front lines
know what works because they are right there. Whether they're
working in a job training center, or processing export licenses,
or inspecting beef, they are in touch with the American people.
And there is much we need to accomplish for America. There
is a mandate to fulfill. And there are problems to solve. We
have work to do in promoting education, in protecting the
environment, and in fighting crime. We have work to do in our
cities and on our farms. And we have a war on drugs to win.
Above all we have a compact with the American people; they pay
for excellent Government, and they deserve to receive it. And
together we can assure that this is done.
And there is one more thing we need to do. The Government
is here to serve, but it cannot replace individual service. So
shouldn't all of us who are public servants also set an example
of service as private citizens? So I want to ask all of you --
and all the appointees in the Administration -- to do what so
many of you already do: To lend a hand.
Ours should be a Nation characterized by conspicuous
compassion, generosity that is overflowing and abundant. And you
can help make this happen, in your communities, your
neighborhoods, in any of the unlimited opportunities for
voluntary service and charity where your help is so greatly
needed.
- 6 -
Well, I am honored to lead you and to work with you. You
here in Washington, and your colleagues in Federal service around
the Nation, are some of the unsung heroes of America. The United
States is the greatest Nation in the world because we fulfill
that mission of greatness one person at a time, as individuals
dedicated to serving our country.
As we embark on a great new chapter in our Nation's history,
I want to tell you that I am proud of you and very glad that we
will be writing this chapter together.
Thank you all and God bless you.
,0,
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WILD GREW
UNITED STATES
OFFICE
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20415
CANADA
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
January 24, 1989
[comnie Horner
632 + 6106
MEMORANDUM FOR:
DAVID BATES
FROM:
CONSTANCE
HORNER Cristance Horm
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Briefing for Senior
Executive Service, Constitution Hall
On page 3, line 10, after "Money is part of that, I recommend you
insert "and I hope the Congress allows the raise that will affect
your salaries to go into effect." Then continue with, "But..."
President Reagan announced salary increases for the executive level
which will go into effect unless the Congress votes to deny them
by February 7. If the executive level increases go into effect,
the SES will also receive major and long-awaited increases. There
is uncertainty as to whether President Bush supports these
increases. There is also considerable public opposition to the
increases, as they affect Congressional salary levels.
The speech insertion proposed above would firmly place President
Bush in the camp of those concretely supporting the SES.
spachwriter
Bill Schanbra
632-4632
payperiment
pay-banding banding
China Lake
experiment
- a constant effort
- what have been doing
- larger initiative
1986 Civil Service Reform Act
520
Lincoln
]
No man is good enough to govern another
racy. Whatever differs from this, to the ex-
man without that other's consent.
tent of the difference, is no democracy.
Speech at Peoria, Illinois
Fragment [August I, 1858?]. From
[October 16, 1854]
Roy P. BASLER, The Collected
2
I am not a Know-Nothing
How could
Works of Abraham Lincoln [1953],
I be? How can anyone who abhors the oppres-
vol. II, p. 532
sion of Negroes be in favor of degrading
7
When
you have succeeded in dehu-
classes of white people? Our progress in de-
manizing the Negro; when you have put him
generacy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As
down and made it impossible for him to be
a nation we began by declaring that "all men
but as the beasts of the field; when you have
are created equal." We now practically read
extinguished his soul in this world and placed
it "all men are created equal, except
him where the ray of hope is blown out as in
Negroes." When the Know-Nothings get con-
the darkness of the damned, are you quite
trol, it will read "all men are created equal,
sure that the demon you have roused will not
except Negroes and foreigners and Cathol-
turn and rend you? What constitutes the bul-
ics." When it comes to this, I shall prefer
wark of our own liberty and independence? It
emigrating to some country where they make
is not our frowning battlements, our bristling
no pretense of loving liberty-to Russia, for
sea coasts, our army and our navy. These are
instance, where despotism can be taken pure,
not our reliance against tyranny. All of those
and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.¹
may be turned against us without making us
Letter to Joshua F. Speed
weaker for the struggle. Our reliance is in the
[August 24, i855]
love of liberty which God has planted in us.
3
The ballot is stronger than the bullet
Our defense is in the spirit which prized lib-
Speech at Bloomington, Illinois
erty as the heritage of all men, in all lands
[May 19, 1856]
everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have
planted the seeds of despotism at your own
4
"A house divided against itself cannot
doors. Familiarize yourselves with the chains
stand." I believe this government cannot en-
of bondage and you prepare your own limbs
dure permanently half slave and half free. I
to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the
do not expect the Union to be dissolved-
rights of others, you have lost the genius of
I do not expect the house to fall-but I do
your own independence and become the fit
expect it will cease to be divided. It will be-
subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises
come all one thing, or all the other. Either
among you.5
the opponents of slavery will arrest the fur-
Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois
ther spread of it, and place it where the pub-
[September II, 1858]
lic mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the
course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates
8
That is the issue that will continue in this
will push it forward till it shall become alike
country when these poor tongues of Judge
lawful in all the states, old as well as new,
Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the
North as well as South.
eternal struggle between these two principles
Speech at the Republican State
-right and wrong-throughout the world.
Convention, Springfield, Illinois
They are the two principles that have stood
[June 16, 1858]
face to face from the beginning of time; and
will ever continue to struggle. The one is the
5
Nobody has ever expected me to be Presi-
common right of humanity, and the other the
dent. In my poor, lean, lank face nobody has
divine right of kings. It is the same principle
ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting
in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the
out.³
same spirit that says, "You toil and work and
Second campaign. speech against
earn bread, and I'll eat it." No matter in what
Douglas, Springfield, Illinois [July
shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a
17, 1858]
king who seeks to bestride the people of his
6
As I would not be a slave, SO I would not be
own nation and live by the fruit of their
a master. This expresses my idea of democ-
labor, or from one race of men as an apology
'See Niemoeller, 824:1.
for enslaving another race, it is the same ty-
2See Mark 3:25, 41:35.
rannical principle.
They have seen in his [Douglas's] round, jolly, fruitful
Reply, seventh and last joint debate,
face, post offices, land offices, marshalships and cabinet
Alton, Illinois [October 15, 1858]
appointments, chargeships and foreign missions, bursting
and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance, ready to be
"See Address to Indiana Regiment, 524:8.
laid hold of by their greedy hands.-LINCOLN, ib.
5See Einstein, 764:4.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20270
January 18, 1989
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
TO:
Hector Irastorza
Presidential Appointments and Scheduling
FROM:
David Demarest
Charles Bacarisse
REQUEST:
A major address in Washington to the Senior
Executive Service Corps.
PURPOSE:
To reaffirm career service importance in achieving
effective government.
BACKGROUND:
The President-Elect has recognized the importance
of a highly skilled and dedicated civil service.
An enhanced quality, morale, and performance of
public service is an Administration priority.
Early recognition of the importance of career
civil service will facilitate implementation of
Administration policy through the linkage that the
SES provides between the Administration and the
rest of the civil service.
PREVIOUS
PARTICIPATION: None
DATE AND
TIME:
Between January 24 - 27.
11 am. DURATION: 30 minutes
LOCATION:
Constitution Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Members of the Senior Executive Service.
OUTLINE:
-opening (Marine Band, Color Guard)
-Introduction
-Address by the President-Elect
-Announcement of new OPM Director (?)
-Benediction
REMARKS:
Keynote address
MEDIA:
Full press coverage
CC Joe Hagan
Suggested Points Far talk with SES
The success of any President in implementing his policies and programs
depends hedvily upon The expertise, quality and commitment of The
professional career employees OF The federal government.
So we recognize That The notion needs - highly-skilled and dedicated
civil service to carry out Those governmental programs That we as
a people - decide we want,
For That reason, improving The quality, morale and performance of The
civil service workfarce will be a high priority of my ddministration.
I'm awdre That post Presidential Transitions have often been marked by
official
suspicion, Fear and hostility between political appointees and career
I'd like To make This Transition different; / Think it con be different.
Ever since Congress created The Senior Executive Service (SES) in 1978,
There has been The legislative basis for a cooperative relationship
between political appointees and The Top-level career people.
Under The SES concept, it was made clear That:
political appointees are responsible for policy decisions;
career SES people are responsible For providing The relevant
background and history needed for sound policy decisions;
once decisions are made, career senior executives Adve The
primary responsibily for supplying The managerial expertise
needed to carry Them out efficiently and effectively;
If, after a reasonable" get- acquainted period, some SES
officials seem unwilling or unable To do that, appointees
have The power To Transfer Them To other appropriate positions.
Hence, / see no reason That political appointees should look with
suspicion on The career officials They Find In The Key SES
positions when They Take over.
In The White House orientation programs That we will be providing For all of
our new appointees, we will make Those concepts clear To Them.
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we will urge our appointees To regard The SES people as potential
helpers - rather and Than potential saboteurs- in Their efforts To
implement policy program changes we want To make,
we will urge Them to build Tedmwork -rather Than suspicion-
among The political and coreer officiels in The agency They lead.
1 urge you To approach Them with an equally. cooperative spirit.
As you alread Know, one of my key policies will be to reduce The budget deficit.
Ourplans for doing That, mclude a "Flexible freeze "on most agency budgets.
Hence, we must Find ways To do more with less money.
we plan To launch vigorous efforts To achieve excellency in
governmental programs and inthe delivery of services to The public:
Many of The past failures of government have occurred -not because
Federal employees lack Talent and energy - but because byzantine
rules and procedures imprison Talents and sap credivity.
Our objective will be to remove impediments to effective
management and To encourage workfarce creativity
You are The professional managers of the Federal agencies
My appointees will be primarily policy people-not managers;
Under The SES concept, you are The skilled managers;
So, we are counting on you To helpus Findways To do more with kss.
we are confident you have The knowledge andskill To meet That challenge
We, in Turn, recognize That you have right To expectsome Things of us.
we know That many Federal soldries are Too low
Especially Frue of executive salaries in Fed.govt
We are well aware of the Quad Comm recommendations
Have discussed (will discuss) Their rec with PresReagon
MrBush
Imply (or state) he Favors some kind of Increases
(check language to be used with Untermeyer/Fuller/etc)
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We know that money IS not your only concern, however,
"Public Service" IS an important concept To many of us;
Those of us who feel That way place high ralve on improving IT.
we plan TO improve Federal recruiting -especially at college level.
want To make public service an honored profession;
want To make IT (as JFKsaid)" proud and lively career";
Will seek ways of doing That; For example:
"honors programs" To attract Top graduates;
more In-service professional development;
Tuition assistance for work-related courses.
we plan more ottention To The SES itself:
Better developmental opportunities for SES executives;
More promotions dcross agency lines;
Better selection processes for new entrants;
Better Training for Them e.g. Thru The Federal Executive Institute.
we Know That Federal managers now have too liTTle authority.
Too many controls, regulations required procedures.
We plan To delegate more authority from The centrolized
management agencies like OPM and GSA.
we will urge more delegation of authority from agency
headgrorters To Field offices To MAXIMUM extent geasible.
we hope you will join with our appointees in a variety
of efforts TO improve service to our citizens, to simphly
forms they must Fillouty regulations They must Follow,
To see That Telephone inquiries get courteous helpeul replies.
To summarize, / hope That my presidency will be marked by:
Better relationships between appointed and coreer executives;
More effective, efficient and economical management:
More recognition 2nd satisfaction for career employers;
Better program results For The citizens we all serve,
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Jan. 22 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1981
past regulations with an eye toward revising
ly with recommended members of the ttask
Memorandum Directing Reductions in Federal Spending
them, and recommend appropriate legisla-
force and a detailed plan for its operations
tive remedies.
And our goal is going to be to see iff we
January 22, 1981
I intend that this be more than just an-
cannot reverse the trend of recent years
other Presidential task force that files a
-Finally, I am directing that Members of
and see at the end of the year a reducation
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive
report and is soon forgotten. We're seeking
the Cabinet and other appointees set
in the number of pages in the Federall /Reg-
Departments and Agencies
real reform and tangible results. And ac-
ister instead of an increase.
an example by avoiding unnecessary
complishing this will take a vigorous leader,
Subject: Reducing Unnecessary Federal
expenditures in setting up their person-
talented administrator, and absolutely, no
And now I'm not taking any questions,
Spending
al offices. Appointees are not to redeco-
doubt, a superb diplomat. And that person
and I'm going to leave, and George will
Coping with runaway deficits in the cur-
rate their offices. This directive does
is Vice President George Bush, who's
take your questions here. George.
rent and pending budgets is one of the
not preclude reasonable and necessary
agreed to serve as Chairman of this task
most urgent tasks before us. Thus, today I
cleaning, painting, and maintenance, or
force and to coordinate an interagency
Note: The President spoke at 1:01 prm. to
am taking four steps that will help reduce
structural changes essential to the effi-
effort to end excessive regulation.
reporters assembled in the Briefing Rowm at
cient functioning of an office.
unnecessary Federal spending.
I've asked him to get back to me prompt-
the White House.
Effective immediately I am directing
The Director of the Office of Manage-
that, to the extent permitted under law,
ment and Budget will issue detailed instruc-
tions for carrying out the first three actions
each Executive Department and Agency:
listed above. I am delegating to him author-
-Cut obligations for travel by 15 percent
from the amounts available for the re-
ity to grant exemptions in those few cases
where exemptions are necessary to provide
Message to the Freed American Hostages
mainder of this fiscal year.
essential services.
January 22, 1981
-Cut obligations for consulting, manage-
As with the hiring freeze, I ask that this
ment and professional services, and
directive not detract from agency oper-
special contract studies and analyses by
Welcome to Freedom.
ations that directly affect the delivery of
families and that you are once again able to
5 percent from the amounts shown for
vital public services. Again, you should es-
While we at home cannot begin to know
enjoy the precious blessings of freedom.
1981 in the budget transmitted to Con-
tablish a clear hierarchy of needs within
the depth of your feelings, we want you to
As difficult as this experience has been
gress on January 15. (The cutback in
your agencies and assure that essential serv-
know of our profound respect for your pro-
for each of you, it contains lessons for us a&
consulting services is to be in addition
ices are not interrupted.
fessionalism and patriotism under the most
Please know that we are with each of VOE,
to cutbacks ordered by the Carter Ad-
These four actions, together with the
demanding circumstances.
and that this episode in our history will be
ministration and the Congress.)
freeze on hiring of Federal civilian employ-
I want you to know of our deep personal
ever with us as, together, we look to the
commitment to your future and the impor-
future.
Stop, until further notice, procurement
ees announced on January 20, will help
of furniture, office machines and other
redeem our pledge to the American people
tance I attach to your return and to the
RONALD REAGAN
equipment, except military equipment
of a government that lives within its means.
restoration of both your family and profes-
and equipment needed to protect
RONALD REAGAN
sional relationships.
Note: The text of the message was read to
human life and property.
Our most immediate concern is to ensure
the freed Americans in Wiesbaden, Get
that you are quickly reunited with your
many.
Remarks Announcing the Establishment of the Presidential Task
Force on Regulatory Relief
Nomination of John O. Marsh, Jr., To Be Secretary of the Army
January 22, 1981
January 23, 1981
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have a
contribute substantially to our current eco-
The President today announced his inten-
1977, Mr. Marsh served as Counsellor do
statement here that I want to make.
nomic woes. To cut away the thicket of
tion to nominate John O. Marsh, Jr., as Sec-
President Ford, with Cabinet rank. From
The regulatory reform, as you know,
irrational and senseless regulations requires
retary of the Army.
February 1974 to August 1974, Mr. Marsi
we've been talking about for a long time is
careful study, close coordination between
Mr. Marsh was leader of the national se-
served as assistant to the Vice President.
one of the keystones in our program to
the agencies and bureaus in the Federal
curity group and legal adviser to the De-
From 1973 to 1974, Mr. Marsh served IS
return the nation to prosperity and to set
structure.
partment of Defense transition team.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legish
loose again the ingenuity and energy of the
Therefore, I am announcing today my in-
He is a partner with the firm of Mays,
tive Affairs.
American people.
tention to establish a Presidential Task
Valentine, Davenport & Moore and served
Mr. Marsh entered the Army in 1944 and
Government regulations impose an enor-
mous burden on large and small businesses and
Force on Regulatory Relief, a task force
as a Member of the House of Representa-
was selected for infantry O.C.S. at Fort
that will review pending regulations, study
tives from 1962 to 1970. From 1974 to
Benning at 18; commissioned at 19. Fe
in
America,
discourage
productivity,
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