Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13048: Improving Administrative Management in the Executive Branch

President: Bill Clinton

Created an interagency council to spread better administrative practices and coordinate government-wide management initiatives.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13048 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13048 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13048 do?

EO 13048 established an Interagency Council on Administrative Management, chaired by OMB’s Deputy Director for Management, to share executive-branch management practices and support other government-wide management councils. It revoked three earlier management orders. EO 13284 amended the membership list in 2003 to include Homeland Security. The original and amending orders do not establish public duties; the named bodies and agency structure must be read in their historical context.

Administration position: The order created an internal coordination mechanism; it did not impose management duties on the public or authorize spending beyond appropriations.
SignedJune 10, 1997
Original agency representatives26
ChairOMB Deputy Director for Management

Before and after

Before the order

The President’s Council on Management Improvement and two productivity orders supplied the older coordination framework.

After the order

ICAM became the cross-agency administrative-management forum and the three predecessor orders were revoked.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
OMB Deputy Director for ManagementChair and convene the councilUnder continuing framework
Agency management officialsShare practices and support government-wide initiativesAs organized by OMB
Agency headsProvide administrative supportWithin existing resources

What happened next

EO 13048 established the council and revoked three predecessor orders.

EO 13284 amended the council membership to include Homeland Security.

The original council directions and later amendment were checked.