Established by Attorney General William French Smith in 1982, the Office of the Executive Secretariat serves as a liaison between the Department's leadership offices and its components by overseeing the review and approval of official documents and coordinating the flow of information critical to rigorous decision-making. To emphasize its central role in helping to coordinate information flow and official documents in the Department, Attorney General Merrick Garland established the Office of the Executive Secretariat as its own component in September 2023, reporting directly to the Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco.