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Mission of the Federal Executive Boards
"Although each executive agency and its field organization
have a special mission, there are many matters on which the
work of the departments converge. Among them are management
and budgetary procedures, personnel policies, recruitment
efforts, office information duties, and similar matters.
There are opportunities to pool experience and resources,
and to accomplish savings. In substantive programs there are
also opportunities for a more closely coordinated approach
in many activities."
With those words, the concept of Federal Executive Boards
was introduced by President John F. Kennedy in 1961.
Today, a quarter of a century later, 28 FEBs exist to provide
closer coordination among Federal agencies outside
Washington, DC. As regional hubs for all government activity,
their work relates to five mission themes:
Communicate - FEBs inform member agencies
of each other's initiatives and successes, and inform the
local community of national policies and priorities.
Reduce Costs and Improve Efficiency
- FEBs bring together agencies with
common goals so that their efforts are complementary.
Facilitate Service Delivery - FEBs draw
together agencies with common clients so that government
services are convenient for the customers.
Partner with Community Groups
- FEBs partner with community groups to solve problems.
Coordinate Emergency Services
- FEBs stand ready to marshal
resources of the entire federal community,
whether to aid a member agency in a crisis, or to assist
the citizenry in a public emergency.
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