E.O.13564
Establishment of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
·Barack Obama·76 FR 6309
E.O.13563
Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
·Barack Obama·76 FR 3821
Sets general principles for federal regulation, directing agencies to base rules on the best available science, weigh benefits against costs, minimize burdens, and write regulations in plain, accessible language. It reaffirms and supplements Executive Order 12866, calling on agencies to select the most cost-effective regulatory approaches and consider alternatives to direct regulation. Agencies are told to promote public participation, generally offering at least 60 days for online comment and posting rulemaking materials on regulations.gov, and to consult affected parties before proposing rules. It calls for coordination across agencies to reduce redundant or overlapping requirements, encourages flexible approaches like disclosure and default rules, and requires agencies to ensure the objectivity of scientific information used in rulemaking. Agencies must also plan for retrospective review of existing significant regulations, submitting a preliminary plan to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within 120 days. The order does not create enforceable legal rights and applies within existing legal authority and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13562
Recruiting and Hiring Students and Recent Graduates
·Barack Obama·75 FR 82585
Establishes the Pathways Programs for federal hiring of students and recent graduates, combining a new Internship Program and Recent Graduates Program with a revised Presidential Management Fellows Program. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations covering eligible positions, public notice of openings, training and mentoring, performance assessment for conversion to career jobs, oversight, program evaluation, and standard naming conventions. Sets rules for appointments under Schedule D of the excepted service, limits most appointments to two years (with a possible 120-day extension), and allows noncompetitive conversion to career positions under conditions OPM will set. Amends Civil Service Rule VI (5 CFR Part 6) to redefine competitive-service exceptions and add Schedule D. Requires agencies to use merit-based procedures, ensure equal employment opportunity, apply veterans' preference, and designate a Pathways Programs Officer within 45 days. Revokes Executive Order 13162 effective March 1, 2011, converting affected employees to the competitive service, and revokes Executive Orders 12015 and 13318 once related regulations take effect.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13561
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Barack Obama·75 FR 81817
Sets updated rates of basic pay and salaries for various federal pay systems, pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011. Covers the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay schedules, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, salaries for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, uniformed services pay, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judges' pay, with specific rates attached as numbered schedules. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Most schedules take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 2011, while the uniformed services schedule takes effect January 1, 2011. Supersedes Executive Order 13525 of December 23, 2009.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13560
White House Council for Community Solutions
·Barack Obama·75 FR 78875
Establishes the White House Council for Community Solutions within the Corporation for National and Community Service to support the Domestic Policy Council's social innovation and civic participation agenda. The council is to support the nationwide 'Call to Service' campaign by identifying effective community-developed solutions, recommending cross-sector collaborations in federal policy areas, highlighting best practices, advising the President on engaging governments, universities, nonprofits, and businesses, and recognizing leaders in service and social innovation. It will have up to 30 presidentially appointed members from outside government, plus the CNCS Board Chair, serving two-year terms without pay, with one member designated as Chair. The Corporation for National and Community Service provides funding and administrative support, and other federal agencies must assist as needed. The council terminates two years after the order's date unless renewed by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13559
Fundamental Principles and Policymaking Criteria for Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Neighborhood Organizations
·Barack Obama·75 FR 71319
Amends Executive Order 13279 to set principles governing federal agencies' partnerships with faith-based and other neighborhood organizations that receive federal financial assistance for social service programs. Requires that such assistance be distributed without discrimination based on an organization's religion, that beneficiaries not be discriminated against based on religion, and that explicitly religious activities be kept separate in time or location from federally funded services and remain voluntary. Requires agencies to let beneficiaries who object to a provider's religious character request referral to an alternative provider, and to post relevant policies and funding recipients online. Establishes an Interagency Working Group on Faith-Based and Other Neighborhood Partnerships, co-chaired by the Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and an Office of Management and Budget official, with representatives from numerous departments and agencies, to review agency policies for consistency with these principles and report to the President within 120 days with model regulations and guidance. Directs the Office of Management and Budget, with the Department of Justice, to then issue implementation guidance to agencies. States it supplements, rather than replaces, related prior executive orders.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13558
Export Enforcement Coordination Center
·Barack Obama·75 FR 69573
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an interagency Federal Export Enforcement Coordination Center within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate enforcement of U.S. export control laws among the Departments of State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Commerce, Energy, and Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, along with any other agencies the President may later designate. The Center will have a Director from Homeland Security, two Deputy Directors from Commerce and Justice, an Intelligence Community Liaison, and a supporting staff. Its functions include resolving conflicts among agencies investigating export control violations, serving as a link between law enforcement and the intelligence community, coordinating with licensing agencies, managing public outreach on export controls, and tracking enforcement statistics government-wide. Homeland Security will fund and administer the Center, subject to available appropriations. The order states it does not alter existing agency authorities or create enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13557
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice
·Barack Obama·75 FR 68679
Sets an order of succession for the office of Attorney General, specifying that if the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, and any officers designated under 28 U.S.C. 508 are unable to serve, the role passes in order to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, then the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, then the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. Excludes anyone serving in one of these positions only in an acting capacity, and requires that anyone acting as Attorney General under this order be otherwise eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. Preserves the President's authority to depart from this order when designating an acting Attorney General. Revokes Executive Order 13481. States that it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13556
Controlled Unclassified Information
·Barack Obama·75 FR 68675
Establishes a uniform government-wide program for managing unclassified information that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls, to be called Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), replacing the varied agency-specific marking systems previously used. Excludes information classified under Executive Order 13526 or the Atomic Energy Act. Designates the National Archives and Records Administration as Executive Agent to implement and oversee the program. Directs agency heads to review their current designation practices and submit proposed CUI categories to the Executive Agent within 180 days, and requires the Executive Agent to issue implementing directives within 180 days and create a public CUI registry within one year. Sets requirements for agency compliance plans, phased implementation deadlines, and periodic public reporting on progress. Allows the Director of National Intelligence to issue related guidance for intelligence agencies, and permits disputes between agencies and the Executive Agent to be appealed to the President through the Office of Management and Budget. Rescinds a 2008 presidential memorandum on the same subject.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13555
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
·Barack Obama·75 FR 65417
Establishes the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, housed in the Department of Education, to expand educational opportunities and improve outcomes for Hispanics from early childhood through adult education. Creates an Executive Director, appointed by the Secretary of Education, to run the Initiative, supported by a Federal Interagency Working Group drawing senior officials from the Department of Education, the Domestic Policy Council, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Also creates the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, up to 30 presidentially appointed members chaired by a presidential designee, to advise on programs improving Hispanic educational attainment, increase participation of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and build partnerships with private and nonprofit organizations. The Commission must meet at least twice yearly. The Initiative is directed to coordinate with similar White House initiatives for Historically Black Colleges, Tribal Colleges, and Asian-American and Pacific Islanders. The order supersedes Executive Order 13230 and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13554
Establishing the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
·Barack Obama·75 FR 62313
Establishes the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to coordinate federal, state, and tribal efforts to restore Gulf Coast ecosystems following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Task Force includes senior officials from agencies such as the Departments of Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other offices, plus five state representatives recommended by Gulf State governors, with possible tribal representation. A presidentially designated Chair leads the group, and Gulf State representatives choose a Vice-Chair. The Task Force is directed to coordinate restoration actions, support the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process, engage the public, and prepare a Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy within one year, followed by biennial progress updates to the President. It must hold its first meeting within 90 days, may create technical working groups, and will have staff led by an Executive Director. The order defines key terms including Gulf State, ecosystem restoration, and affected tribe, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13553
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions
·Barack Obama·75 FR 60567
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the National Emergencies Act, and the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, this order blocks all U.S. property and interests of persons listed in an attached annex, and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate additional Iranian officials or others found responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses against Iranians since June 12, 2009, or who provide material support to such abuses, for similar asset blocking. It prohibits donations, transactions, and conspiracies that would evade these blocks, and bars advance notice to designated persons. It authorizes the Secretary of State to impose related visa sanctions, directs reporting of designated persons to Congress, and lets Treasury lift blocks when circumstances change. It states the measures respond to Iranian government actions after the 1981 Algiers Accords, creates no enforceable private rights, and took effect September 29, 2010.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13552
2010 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·Barack Obama·75 FR 54263
Amends Parts II and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which was originally prescribed by Executive Order 12473, according to changes set out in an attached annex. The amendments take effect 30 days after the order's date. They do not make punishable any act that occurred before the effective date if it was not already punishable at that time, and they do not invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraints, investigations, referrals of charges, trials already arraigned, or other actions begun before the effective date; such pending matters may continue as if the amendments had not been issued. The order applies to military justice procedures under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13551
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to North Korea
·Barack Obama·75 FR 53837
Expands the national emergency regarding North Korea first declared in Executive Order 13466, citing the sinking of the Cheonan warship, nuclear and missile tests, and violations of UN Security Council resolutions. Blocks all property and interests in property in the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, belonging to individuals named in an annex or later designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State. Designations can target those involved in arms trafficking with North Korea, luxury goods imports, money laundering, counterfeiting, narcotics trafficking, or support for such activities, as well as those owned or controlled by blocked persons. Prohibits donations, transactions, and conspiracies that would violate or evade these blocks. States that affected persons need not receive prior notice before being listed. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations, delegate authority, and remove designations when circumstances change. Leaves Executive Order 13466 in effect and took effect August 30, 2010.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13550
Establishment of Pakistan and Afghanistan Support Office
·Barack Obama·75 FR 51615
Establishes a temporary Pakistan and Afghanistan Support Office (PASO) within the Department of State, created under federal personnel law governing temporary organizations. The office is tasked with supporting federal agencies in strengthening the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, helping them resist extremist threats, promoting stable and accountable governance, and encouraging lawful economic opportunity in both countries. It takes over the functions previously handled by the Afghanistan Support Office and may perform additional tasks assigned by the Secretary of State, who appoints its Director. The office will be based in Washington, D.C., Pakistan, and Afghanistan, with the Secretary transferring relevant staff, assets, liabilities, and records from the prior office. The order states it does not create enforceable legal rights and must operate within existing law and available funding. PASO will automatically terminate after the maximum period allowed under the governing statute unless the Secretary ends it sooner.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13549
Classified National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Entities
·Barack Obama·75 FR 51609
Establishes a Classified National Security Information Program governing how the federal government shares and safeguards classified information with state, local, tribal, and private-sector entities. Designates the Secretary of Homeland Security as Executive Agent, requiring an implementing directive within 180 days setting uniform standards. Limits access generally to the Secret level unless a sponsoring agency justifies higher clearance, allows governors to receive access without background investigation via a non-disclosure agreement, requires reciprocal acceptance of clearances and facility accreditations across agencies, and sets rules for physical custody, inspection, and accreditation of facilities holding classified material. Creates an SLTPS Policy Advisory Committee, chaired by the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, to resolve policy disputes and recommend changes. Assigns oversight duties including clearance processing, tracking, training, and facility monitoring to Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence. Includes definitions of key terms and clarifies that it does not alter existing authorities under related executive orders or statutes. Takes effect 180 days after signing, except the committee provision, which is immediate.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13548
Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals With Disabilities
·Barack Obama·75 FR 45039
Directs federal agencies to increase employment of individuals with disabilities across the federal workforce, reaffirming goals set in a prior order from 2000. Within 60 days, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, consulting with the Secretary of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Office of Management and Budget, must design model recruitment and hiring strategies and mandatory training programs. Within 120 days after that, each agency must develop its own plan with performance targets and numerical goals for hiring people with disabilities, including those with "targeted disabilities," and designate a senior official accountable for meeting these goals. Agencies are told to expand use of the Schedule A hiring authority and increase internships and training programs for people with disabilities. The order also directs efforts to retain and return to work employees injured on the job, with the Secretary of Labor pursuing reforms to workers' compensation processes. It defines key terms, including "targeted disability," and states it creates no enforceable legal rights and does not require employees to disclose disability status.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13547
Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes
·Barack Obama·75 FR 43023
Establishes a national ocean policy aimed at protecting, maintaining, and restoring the health of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems while supporting sustainable economic uses, scientific understanding, and adaptation to climate change and ocean acidification. Adopts recommendations from the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and creates a National Ocean Council, co-chaired by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with members including numerous cabinet secretaries and senior officials, to guide federal agencies in implementing the policy. Directs federal agencies affecting these areas to take action consistent with the policy, participate in coastal and marine spatial planning, publish annual reports on compliance, and contribute to a shared information management system. Establishes a Governance Coordinating Committee of state, tribal, and local officials, and allows regional advisory committees to support development of regional spatial plans. Revokes Executive Order 13366. Contains additional provisions clarifying that the order does not alter existing legal authority or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13546
Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States
·Barack Obama·75 FR 39439
Directs changes to how the federal government regulates biological select agents and toxins (BSAT) — biological agents and toxins whose possession, use, and transfer are overseen by the Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture. Within 18 months, those two departments must designate a subset of the Select Agent List as "Tier 1," covering agents presenting the greatest risk of deliberate misuse; explore graded protection options for them; and consider reducing the total number of listed agents. The order requests proposed amendments to the Select Agent Regulations establishing Tier 1 security standards within 15 months, and final rules and guidance within 27 months. Agencies involved in BSAT oversight must, within 6 months, adopt a plan coordinating inspections, information sharing, and resolution of compliance issues, and later review and revise requirements that exceed the updated regulations. It establishes the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel, housed at Health and Human Services and co-chaired by that department and Agriculture, with representatives from 15 named agencies, to deliver consensus recommendations within 4 months on tiering, personnel reliability, and physical and cyber security. It also directs a process for sharing Select Agent Program information across agencies.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13545
President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition
·Barack Obama·75 FR 37283