By Robert Brodsky rbrodsky@govexec.com
September 18, 2008
President Bush has issued an executive order aimed at standardizing succession planning requirements and bringing all agencies -- including non-Cabinet level ones -- into the fold.
With very few exceptions, agencies that haven't done so already must draft a contingency plan and submit it to the White House Counsel's Office for comment and review by Oct. 11, Bush mandated late last week.
"It is the policy of the federal government to ensure that each executive branch agency can perform its essential functions and remain an effectively functioning part of the federal government under all conditions," the order <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080911-4.html> stated.
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Executive Order http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080911-4.html
