Executive Orders EO 13267 Sec. 3. General Provisions. This order is intended only to improve the in- ternal management of the executive branch and it is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, trust, or responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies or entities, its officers or employees, or any person. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, June 20, 2002. Executive Order 13267 of June 20, 2002 Establishing a Transition Planning Office for the Department of Homeland Security Within the Office of Management and Budget By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment. I hereby establish within the Office of Manage- ment and Budget (OMB) a Transition Planning Office for the Department of Homeland Security (the "Transition Planning Office"), to be headed by the Director of the Transition Planning Office for the Department of Home- land Security (the "Director for Transition Planning"). Sec. 2. Missions. The missions of the Transition Planning Office shall be to: (a) coordinate, guide, and conduct transition and related planning throughout the executive branch of the United States Government in prepa- ration for establishment of the proposed Department of Homeland Security; and (b) consistent with Presidential guidance, work with the Congress as it considers legislation to establish that Department. Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The Director of OMB shall ensure that the Tran- sition Planning Office receives appropriate personnel (including detailees and assignees, as appropriate), funding, and administrative support for the Office, subject to the availability of appropriations. The Director of OMB is authorized to make expenditures under section 522 of title 31, United States Code, as may be appropriate to carry out this order. (b) If an individual who is an Assistant to the President is appointed to serve simultaneously as Director for Transition Planning, the functioning, personnel, funds, records, and property of the office of the Assistant to the President and the office of the Director for Transition Planning shall be kept separate in the same manner as if the two offices were headed by two different individuals. Sec. 4. Other Departments and Agencies. This order does not alter the ex- isting authorities of United States Government departments and agencies. In carrying out the missions set forth in section 2 of this order, all execu- tive departments and agencies are directed to assist the Director for Transi- 239
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