EO 13445 Title 3--The President (a) The Working Group shall consist exclusively of: (i) the Secretary of Education, who shall serve as Chair; (ii) the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the Secre- taries of the Interior, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs; and (iii) other officers or full-time or permanent part-time employees of the United States, as determined by the Chair, with the concurrence of the head of the agency concerned. (b) The Chair, or the Chair's designee under subsection (c) of this sec- tion, in implementing section 5 of this order, shall convene and preside at the meetings of the Working Group, determine its agenda, direct its work, and establish and direct subgroups of the Working Group, as ap- propriate to deal with particular subject matters, that shall consist exclu- sively of members of the Working Group or their designees under sub- section (c) of this section. (c) A member of the Working Group may designate, to perform the Work- ing Group or Working Group subgroup functions of the member, any per- son who is a part of the member's agency and who is either an officer of the United States appointed by the President or a member of the Sen- ior Executive Service. Sec. 5. Functions of the Working Group. Consistent with the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the Working Group shall: (a) identify Federal programs that: (i) focus primarily on improving the basic education skills of adults; (ii) have the goal of transitioning adults from basic literacy to postsec- ondary education, training, or employment; or (iii) constitute programs of adult education; (b) as appropriate, review the programs identified under subsection (a) of this section and submit to the heads of the agencies administering those programs recommendations to: (i) promote the transition of adults from such programs to postsecondary education, training, or employment; (ii) increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and availability of such pro- grams; (iii) minimize unnecessary duplication among such programs; (iv) measure and evaluate the performance of such programs; and (v) undertake and disseminate the results of research related to such pro- grams; (c) identify gaps in the research about effective ways to teach adult edu- cation for postsecondary readiness, recommend areas for further research to improve adult education programs and services, and identify prom- ising practices in disseminating valid existing and future research find- ings; and (d) obtain information and advice as appropriate, in a manner that seeks individual advice and does not involve collective judgment or consensus advice or deliberation, concerning adult education from: 238
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