Subject: Re: Executive order/actions meeting -- Recap
From: "Cassandra Butts" <[email-masked]>
To: "Stern, Todd" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], "Beth Nolan" <[email-masked]>, "Reece Rushing" <[email-masked]>, "Beth Noveck" <[email-masked]>, "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:13:23 -0400

I've attached a copy of the code of conduct. If you haven't already done so,
please review the document and follow up with me if you have any questions.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Stern, Todd <[email-masked]>wrote:

>  Here's a quick recap of main points of our call this afternoon:
>
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>    - Cassandra will get the code of conduct to anyone on the call who
>    hasn't already signed one.
>    - We need a memo spelling out the various kinds of executive actions
>    and how they differ.  Beth Nolan and Todd will review the Cass Sunstein memo
>    from 1992 and will see whether it suffices or we need something new.  Once
>    we have a suitable memo, I will circulate to group.
>    - Rob Weiner proposed that a memorandum on agency contacts with the
>    White House (what's appropriate, what's not, etc.) should be one of the
>    items prepared early.  In the same category as ethics.  Cassandra -- we
>    should discuss to see whether (a) you want to fold that into the work you're
>    going to do with Bob Bauer and others on ethics, or (b) this should just be
>    put on a separate track.
>    - Sally will discuss with her working group tomorrow a plan for
>    reviewing the spreadsheet that Chris's research team put together on all of
>    Bush Administration's executive orders.  Sally and Todd will then talk to
>    see if anything else needs to be done to make sure that this spreadsheet
>    gets properly reviewed.
>    - Chris will have his researchers do a spreadsheet on presidential
>    memoranda -- to the extent that such memoranda can be found in the public
>    record.
>    - Sally's group will be tracking potential last-minute regulations that
>    will be candidates to be stopped or potential reversed through the
>    Congressional Review Act.
>    - The following work product on executive actions should be prepared by
>    (a) Sally's group, with respect to the Agency reviews, and (b) the policy
>    working groups:
>     - A list of relevant executive orders/actions, highlighting those that
>       are candidates for early rollback.
>       - A list of new executive orders/actions that are candidates for
>       early action.
>       - This work product should be completed on the same time schedules
>       as the principal memos that the agency groups and policy working groups are
>       already working on.
>       - Candidates both for rollback and new actions will ultimately be
>       evaluated with both substance and communications in mind, as important
>       signalling opportunities for the President-elect.
>       - For present purposes, everyone should take Beth Nolan and Rob
>    Weiner to be our initial legal team available for consultation on legal
>    issues relating to new potential executive actions.
>    - If anyone has other points that I've missed, please let me know.
>
> Thanks for participating in this.  Todd
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