E.O.13504
Amending Executive Order 13390
·Barack Obama·74 FR 8431
E.O.13503
Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs
·Barack Obama·74 FR 8139
Establishes the White House Office of Urban Affairs within the Executive Office of the President to develop and coordinate a comprehensive federal strategy for urban areas. The Office is tasked with leading policy development on urban issues across executive departments and agencies, ensuring agencies consider the impact of their actions on cities, working with the Office of Management and Budget to make federal spending in urban areas more effective, and engaging with state and local officials, nonprofits, and the private sector. It is directed to coordinate closely with agencies including Treasury, Justice, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Office will be led by a Director who reports jointly to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. All executive departments and agencies must cooperate with and support the Office as needed, subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13502
Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6985
Establishes a federal policy encouraging executive agencies to consider requiring project labor agreements—pre-hire collective bargaining agreements covering all contractors and subcontractors—on large-scale construction projects costing $25 million or more to the federal government. Agencies may require such agreements on a project-by-project basis when doing so would promote economy, efficiency, and labor-management stability, and any such agreement must bind all contractors, allow open competition regardless of existing union status, bar strikes and lockouts, and set up dispute-resolution procedures. The order does not mandate use of these agreements and does not require using any particular labor organization. It directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend federal contracting rules within 120 days, and directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with the Secretary of Labor, to recommend within 180 days whether broader use of such agreements should apply to other federally funded projects. It revokes Executive Orders 13202 and 13208 and directs agencies to rescind related implementing rules.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13501
Establishment of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6983
Establishes the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board within the Department of the Treasury, made up of up to 17 members appointed by the President from outside government, with a Chair the President designates and a Staff Director the Chair appoints. The board's role is advisory only: it is to gather information from across the economy, report directly to the President on policies to promote economic growth, stabilize the financial and banking system, create jobs, and improve long-term prosperity, and share analysis with entities such as the Federal Reserve Board or the National Economic Council when the President deems it appropriate. Executive departments and agencies must cooperate with and assist the board as permitted by law, and Treasury is to fund and administer it within existing appropriations. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The board terminates two years after the order's date unless the President extends it.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13500
Further Amendments to Executive Order 12859, Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6981
Amends Executive Order 12859, which established the Domestic Policy Council, by revising the list of officials who serve as members. It replaces the Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of National Service with the Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison, replaces the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Development with the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, and replaces the AIDS Policy Coordinator with the Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer. It also adds the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy as members, and relabels the remaining subsection accordingly.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13499
Further Amendments to Executive Order 12835, Establishment of the National Economic Council
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6979
Amends Executive Order 12835, which established the National Economic Council, by adding several officials to the list of council members named in section 2. The added positions are the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, the Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison, the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, the Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. The order also directs that the remaining subsections of section 2 be relettered accordingly to accommodate the new entries.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13498
Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the President's Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6533
Amends Executive Order 13199 by renaming the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives as the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, revising its stated policy to emphasize accountability and constitutional protections, and adding new duties such as ensuring federally funded services respect equal protection and religious liberty, promoting training, and using program evaluation. It also establishes the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships within the Executive Office of the President, made up of up to 25 non-government members appointed by the President, to identify best practices, evaluate related public policies, and recommend changes affecting service delivery to underserved communities. The Council is led by a Chair and an Executive Director, may form subcommittees and task forces, and receives administrative support from the Department of Health and Human Services. Members serve one-year terms without pay, aside from travel expenses, and the Council terminates two years after the order unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13497
Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Regulatory Planning and Review
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6113
Revokes Executive Order 13258 of 2002 and Executive Order 13422 of 2007, both of which had amended Executive Order 12866's regulatory planning and review process. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the heads of executive departments and agencies to promptly rescind any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies that implemented or enforced the two revoked orders, to the extent consistent with law. States that it creates no enforceable rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its officers, employees, or agents.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13496
Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6107
Requires federal contractors to post notices informing employees of their rights under federal labor laws, including the National Labor Relations Act, as a standard clause in most government contracts and subcontracts. Directs the Secretary of Labor to administer and enforce the order, and within 120 days to begin a rulemaking setting the size, form, and content of the required notice. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate complaints, hold hearings, grant exemptions for particular contracts or agencies, and impose remedies such as contract cancellation, suspension, or debarment, and publication of noncompliant contractors, following consultation with affected agencies. Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement these requirements. Revokes Executive Order 13201 and directs agencies to rescind related implementing rules and policies. Applies to contracts under solicitations issued after the Secretary's implementing rule takes effect, excluding collective bargaining agreements and purchases below the simplified acquisition threshold.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13495
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6103
Requires that federal service contracts and solicitations include a clause obligating a successor contractor, when taking over a contract for the same or similar services at the same location, to offer the predecessor contractor's employees (except managers and supervisors) a right of first refusal for jobs they are qualified for, before hiring anyone else. It defines covered contracts and employees under the Service Contract Act of 1965, and excludes small purchases, certain sheltered-workshop and vending contracts, and some dual-role employees. Agency heads may exempt specific contracts if the requirement would hinder efficient procurement. The Secretary of Labor is tasked with enforcement, including sanctions and up to three-year debarment for violations, and must issue implementing regulations within 180 days, as must the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council. It revokes Executive Order 13204 and states it creates no private legal rights, taking effect immediately for future solicitations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13494
Economy in Government Contracting
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6101
Directs that costs incurred by federal contractors to persuade their employees, or employees of other entities, for or against unionizing or collective bargaining be treated as unallowable expenses that cannot be billed to or reimbursed by the government. Costs for maintaining ordinary labor-management relations, such as labor-management committees and neutral employee publications, remain allowable. Lists examples of unallowable persuasion-related costs, including preparing materials, hiring legal counsel or consultants, holding meetings, and related activities by managers or supervisors during work hours. Instructs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, within 150 days, to issue rules and regulations implementing the order while minimizing compliance costs and avoiding interference with unreimbursed contractor advocacy. Requires other federal contracting agencies to cooperate with the Council. Applies to contracts arising from solicitations issued after the Council's implementing rules take effect, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13493
Review of Detention Policy Options
·Barack Obama·74 FR 4901
Establishes a Special Interagency Task Force on Detainee Disposition to review lawful options for the apprehension, detention, trial, transfer, release, or other disposition of individuals captured in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations. The task force is co-chaired by the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, with members including the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, plus other officials they designate. It is administratively housed within the Department of Justice, which provides funding and support. The task force must report its findings to the President within 180 days, with periodic preliminary reports along the way, unless the co-chairs decide an extension is needed. It is to be dissolved once its work is complete. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and applies only as consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13492
Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained At the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities
·Barack Obama·74 FR 4897
Directs that detention facilities for individuals held at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base be closed within one year, with remaining detainees returned home, released, transferred to a third country, or moved to another U.S. facility. Establishes an interagency review, coordinated by the Attorney General with the Secretaries of Defense, State, and Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to assess each detainee's case and determine whether they should be released, transferred, prosecuted, or otherwise handled, including possible prosecution in federal courts. Directs the Secretary of State to pursue diplomatic efforts to facilitate transfers. Requires the Secretary of Defense to review detention conditions within 30 days to ensure compliance with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and to correct any deficiencies. Halts new charges and pending military commission proceedings under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 while the review is underway. States it does not create enforceable legal rights and applies only within existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13491
Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
·Barack Obama·74 FR 4893
Revokes Executive Order 13440 and any inconsistent directives issued to or by the Central Intelligence Agency between September 11, 2001, and January 20, 2009, concerning detention or interrogation. Requires that anyone in U.S. custody during an armed conflict be treated humanely under Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, and limits interrogation techniques to those authorized in Army Field Manual 2-22.3, applying equivalent approval processes to non-Defense Department agencies. Bars reliance on Justice Department legal interpretations of interrogation law issued between 2001 and 2009. Orders the CIA to close any detention facilities it operates and requires agencies to give the International Committee of the Red Cross notice of and access to detained individuals. Establishes a Special Interagency Task Force, chaired by the Attorney General with other senior officials, to review interrogation practices outside the military and transfer policies to other nations, reporting to the President within 180 days. States that it does not diminish existing legal obligations or create enforceable rights for individuals.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13490
Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel
·Barack Obama·74 FR 4673
Requires every full-time political appointee joining the executive branch on or after January 20, 2009 to sign an ethics pledge as a condition of employment. The pledge bars accepting gifts from registered lobbyists, restricts appointees for two years from working on matters tied to former employers or clients, imposes additional restrictions on former lobbyists entering government, extends post-employment communication bans, and prohibits departing appointees from lobbying covered officials for the rest of the administration. It also requires hiring decisions to be based on qualifications. The order defines key terms, allows the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to grant waivers in the public interest, directs agency heads and the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to establish implementing rules and reporting requirements, and authorizes enforcement through debarment proceedings or civil actions brought by the Attorney General, including injunctions and recovery of proceeds from violations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13489
Presidential Records
·Barack Obama·74 FR 4669