The COE Executive Board (CEB) is a multi-agency executive review board responsible for reviewing current base operations of the COE, as defined below, and for approving the budget and business plan for development, modernization and enhancement of grant systems and operations not covered under the base operations budget.

Current base operations are defined as the FY 2007 budget of $ 5.5M, and the services provided to current COE Members under that budget.  This amount represents the total of individual interagency agreements of current COE members and ACF contributions for FY 2007. In the future, the CEB will approve the annual budget and services for base operations for any year that base operations for the current COE members ( ACF, AOA, OPHS, IHS, CMS and HRSA )exceeds the current base operations budget of $5.5M. The CEB is responsible for approving an annual budget and business plans for all development, modernization and enhancement of grant systems and operations proposed by the COE in excess of the current base operations budget including any such proposals for FY 2007, unless voluntarily funded by an agency. The CEB must approve funding for operations and maintenance associated with newly developed systems or modules not included in current base operations budget unless voluntarily funded by an agency. Approval by the CEB is also required for all proposed service and service level reductions; and unit cost increases for individual COE partners. In addition, the CEB oversees implementation of COE program goals and objectives and provides recommendations for improving COE operations.