Guidepost · Organization development
PA Government Integration — Agreement and Program Template
Integrate PA learning and governance support through an agency-authorized program, service contract, or cooperation agreement. Public powers remain with legally authorized officials.
G-01 · Authority and instrument
Model clause: [Agency] and [provider legal name] undertake [defined educational/governance-support program] under [actual enabling authority], [required procurement or agreement process], and [approval record]. Select [service contract / memorandum of understanding / other authorized instrument] after agency review. An MOU label does not itself establish contracting power, appropriations, or an exemption from procurement requirements.
Record [jurisdiction], [authorized signers], [funding source], [budget authorization], [start/end dates], [agency counsel review], and [responsible official]. The program shall not commence before necessary approvals.
G-02 · Scope and PA integration
Model clause: The provider shall deliver [training, facilitated learning, document support, or independently scoped assessment], for [participants/institution], with [deliverables], [accessibility provisions], [milestones], and [acceptance criteria]. Material decisions shall examine Critical Reasoning, Emotional Acumen, Social Acumen, and Physical Health, with evidence, uncertainty, alternatives, and observed consequences recorded. Teams of Three may support learning; they shall not exercise statutory public authority.
G-03 · Public decision authority
Model clause: Public officials retain responsibilities and powers assigned by law. The provider shall not make binding adjudications, exercise enforcement powers, allocate public benefits, or replace mandated oversight unless a valid legal instrument expressly permits the identified role. No PA credential shall imply government approval or substitute for required professional licensure.
Agency participation, employee training, program evaluation, and institutional certification shall be described separately. The scope shall identify whether any assessment is advisory and who owns the final public decision.
G-04 · Records, privacy, and access
Model clause: Identify applicable public-records, open-meeting, privacy, security, accessibility, labor, and sector-specific requirements in Schedule A. Define data fields, lawful access, purpose limits, storage, retention, incident reporting, publication, and return or disposal. Publish legally appropriate program decisions and nonconfidential outcome summaries. Private network preferences shall not override agency disclosure duties or protected information.
Use named public vote records only when appropriate to the legally authorized decision process. Do not impose the nonprofit member-email model on agency proceedings without legal authority.
G-05 · Concerns and productive correction
Model clause: Provide [agency complaint route], [provider route], and [independent oversight route]. Preserve access to inspectors general, auditors, regulators, law enforcement, courts, unions, and other legally available reporting channels. PA review shall not replace those channels or condition access on participation in a private process.
For a program concern within the parties’ authority, preserve evidence, appoint unconflicted review, provide notice and response consistent with applicable law, and record findings. A correction and development plan shall identify useful replacement practice, owner, resources, safeguards, milestones, and independent verification. Mandatory reporting, public employment procedures, and lawful remedies continue to apply.
G-06 · Payment, conflicts, and deliverables
Model clause: Payment shall follow [appropriated amount], [deliverable or service basis], [invoice documentation], [acceptance procedure], and [audit rights]. Disclose ownership, compensation, referral, and licensing interests. No fee or donation shall purchase a favorable public decision or certification. Intellectual property, use of public work products, permitted licenses, subcontractors, and data rights shall be expressly allocated in Schedule B.
G-07 · Pilot and continuation
Model clause: Begin with [pilot], measured by [baseline], [outcome indicators], [cost], [accessibility], [participant effects], and [review date]. State what evidence supports expansion, revision, or closure. Publish a legally appropriate summary including limitations and unexpected consequences. Continued work requires actual authority, capacity, and approved resources.
G-08 · Termination and execution
Model clause: Define lawful termination, nonappropriation treatment where applicable, breach and cure, urgent protections, continuity, final payment, records retention, data return, and dispute procedures. The agreement shall not transfer governmental authority or public assets through affiliation language. Complete all agency-required contract provisions.
Approval: [agency authority citation]; [procurement record]; [legal review]; [budget approval]; [agency signer/title/date]; [provider signer/title/date]. This is a program framework for agency adaptation, not a grant of public powers.