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Executive Order 13176: Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

President: Bill Clinton

Directed agencies to prepare for the 2000–2001 transfer of executive power and create an interagency transition council.

Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 13176 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13176 was superseded. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13176 do?

EO 13176 organized the transition from the Clinton administration to its successor by requiring agency transition coordinators, record preparation, ethics safeguards and an interagency council led by GSA. Those assignments were tied to the 2000 election and inauguration and are complete. The Presidential Transition Act has since been repeatedly amended, and GSA now follows updated statutory and administrative procedures for each transition.

Claim-level review October 2, 2026: The order concerned the 2000–2001 presidential transition. NARA records EO 13476 as its successor; present transitions follow later amendments to the Presidential Transition Act and current GSA procedures.

Administration position: The order facilitated access and coordination but did not decide the election outcome or allow transition personnel to exercise federal authority before inauguration.
SignedNovember 27, 2000
Transition dateJanuary 20, 2001
Lead agencyGeneral Services Administration

Before and after

Before the order

The Presidential Transition Act supplied resources without this administration-specific coordination structure.

After the order

Agencies named coordinators, organized records and worked through a central council for the handover.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
GSA AdministratorConvene and chair the transition councilCompleted
Agency headsName coordinators and prepare transition materialCompleted
Transition personnelFollow ethics, security and records rulesCompleted

What happened next

EO 13176 established transition arrangements.

The transition council was directed to meet by this date.

The presidential transfer occurred.

Signed text, official disposition and the cited later implementation records for EO 13176 rechecked.