Not Exactly Czarlike
From the executive order creating a "Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region:"
Sec. 4. Duties of Heads of Departments and Agencies. Heads of executive departments and agencies shall respond promptly to any request by the Coordinator, and shall, consistent with applicable law, provide such information as the Coordinator deems necessary to carry out the Coordinator's mission, and shall otherwise cooperate with the Coordinator to the greatest extent practicable to facilitate the performance of the Coordinator's mission.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to an agency or the head thereof;
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals; or
(iii) the chain of command over the Armed Forces provided in section 162(b) of title 10, United States Code.
Oh, and the coordinator (Donald Powell, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as it turns out) reports not to President Bush but to Homeland Security's Michael Chertoff. Other than that, he's a czar.
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