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Appendix
A
Presidential Memorandum
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 11, 1994
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT:
Expanding Family-Friendly Work
Arrangements in the Executive Branch
In order to recruit and retain a
Federal work force that will provide the highest quality of
service to the American people, the executive branch must
implement flexible work arrangements to create a
"family-friendly" workplace. Broad use of flexible
work arrangements to enable Federal employees to better balance
their work and family responsibilities can increase employee
effectiveness and job satisfaction, while decreasing turnover
rates and absenteeism. I therefore adopt the National
Performance Review's recommendation that a more family-friendly
workplace be created by expanding opportunities for Federal
workers to participate in flexible work arrangements, consistent
with the mission of the executive branch to serve the public.
The head of each executive
department or agency (hereafter collectively "agency"
or "agencies") is hereby directed to establish a
program to encourage and support the expansion of flexible
family-friendly work arrangements, including: job sharing;
career part-time employment; alternative work schedules;
telecommuting and satellite work locations. Such a program shall
include:
(1) identifying agency positions
that are suitable for flexible work arrangements;
(2) adopting appropriate
policies to increase the opportunities for employees in suitable
positions to participate in such flexible work arrangements;
(3) providing appropriate
training and support necessary to implement flexible work
arrangements; and
(4) identifying barriers to
implementing this directive and providing recommendations for
addressing such barriers to the President's Management Council.
I direct the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management ("OPM") and the
Administrator of General Services ("GSA") to take all
necessary steps to support and encourage the expanded
implementation of flexible work arrangements. The OPM and GSA
shall work in concert to promptly review and revise regulations
that are barriers to such work arrangements and develop
legislative proposals, as needed, to achieve the goals of this
directive. The OPM and GSA also shall assist agencies, as
requested, to implement this directive.
The President's Management
Council, in conjunction with the Office of Management and
Budget, shall ensure that any guidance necessary to implement
the actions set forth in this directive is provided.
Independent agencies are
requested to adhere to this directive to the extent permitted by
law.
This directive is for the
internal management of the executive branch and is not intended
to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable by a party against the United States,
its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or
any other person.
The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget is authorized and directed to publish this
directive in the Federal Register.
/s/ William J. Clinton
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