E.O.13500
Further Amendments to Executive Order 12859, Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council
·Barack Obama·74 FR 6981
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
Sets new procedures governing how the National Archives and Records Administration handles executive privilege claims over presidential records under the Presidential Records Act. When the Archivist intends to disclose records, he must notify the incumbent and former presidents and flag material that may raise a substantial question of executive privilege, then wait 30 days before release absent a privilege claim. If the incumbent president wishes to invoke privilege, the Attorney General and White House Counsel review the matter and, if privilege is invoked, the Archivist must withhold the records unless directed otherwise or ordered by a final court order. If a former president claims privilege, the Archivist consults the Attorney General and White House Counsel and generally follows the incumbent president's instructions unless a final court order says otherwise. It applies to NARA, the Archivist, the Attorney General, the Counsel to the President, and incumbent and former presidents, and it revokes Executive Order 13233 of November 1, 2001.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13488
Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust
·George W. Bush·74 FR 4111
Directs federal agencies to give reciprocal recognition to prior favorable fitness or suitability determinations when hiring individuals for excepted service positions or as federal contractor employees, so long as the gaining agency's criteria match Office of Personnel Management suitability standards, the prior determination met the same standards, and the individual had no break in employment. Allows exceptions when a new position requires a higher level of investigation, new adverse information arises, or the individual's record shows conduct incompatible with the new role. Requires periodic reinvestigation of individuals in positions of public trust under standards set by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and requires agencies to report investigation and fitness-determination results to that office. Leaves agency heads discretion to set their own fitness criteria and determine equivalency. States it does not affect Executive Orders 10450 or 13467, creates no enforceable legal rights, and applies to individuals newly appointed or hired beginning 90 days after issuance.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13487
Establishment of a Temporary Organization To Facilitate United States Government Support for Afghanistan
·George W. Bush·74 FR 4097
Establishes a temporary Afghanistan Support Office within the Department of State, created under federal personnel law governing temporary organizations. The office is tasked with helping other executive departments and agencies prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists, support the country's progress toward self-sufficiency, and maintain an effective U.S. diplomatic presence there. Its duties include assisting the Government of Afghanistan in building civilian capabilities, expanding central government services, developing a private-sector economy, and improving governance over its territory and borders, plus any other related tasks the Secretary of State assigns. The office will be led by a Director chosen by the Secretary of State, based jointly in Washington, D.C., and Afghanistan, with staff accredited to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as needed. It will operate subject to available funding and terminate after the maximum period allowed under the governing personnel statute, unless the Secretary of State ends it sooner.'Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13486
Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the United States
·George W. Bush·74 FR 2289
Establishes a Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States, housed administratively within the Department of Defense, to address security and personnel assurance at facilities that handle biological select agents and toxins. The group is co-chaired by the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services and includes the Secretaries of State, Justice, Agriculture, Commerce, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, along with the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the National Science Foundation, with room for other agency heads to be added. It is directed to review existing laws, regulations, and practices governing physical, facility, and personnel security at federal and nonfederal facilities, gather input from government and other sources, and submit a report to the President within 180 days with findings and recommendations, including options for oversight mechanisms and comparisons to security practices in other fields. Agency heads must support the group's work and cover their own representatives' costs. The Working Group terminates 60 days after submitting its report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13485
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation
·George W. Bush·74 FR 2287
Sets an order of succession within the Department of Transportation, listing the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, and Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, along with two regional Federal Aviation Administration officials and a Federal Highway Administration resource center director, to act as Secretary of Transportation if the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary for Policy, and other officials previously designated are unable to serve. Excludes anyone already serving in an acting capacity in a listed office, and requires eligibility under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. Preserves presidential discretion to depart from the order. Supersedes a 2002 presidential memorandum on the same subject and applies only to internal executive branch management, creating no enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13484
Amending the Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture
·George W. Bush·74 FR 2285
Amends Executive Order 13241 to revise the order of succession within the Department of Agriculture, setting out the sequence of officials who would act as Secretary of Agriculture if the position becomes vacant or the Secretary is unavailable. The updated list runs from the General Counsel through the Chief Financial Officer, various Assistant and Under Secretaries, the Director of the Kansas City Commodity Office of the Farm Service Agency, and State Executive Directors of the Farm Service Agency for Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska, ranked by seniority. It also updates a cross-reference to the expanded list and adds a provision stating that no listed individual may act as Secretary unless eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. The order states it is meant only to improve internal executive branch management and creates no enforceable rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13483
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·73 FR 78587
Sets updated pay rates for various federal employee categories, effective at the start of the first pay period on or after January 1, 2009 (with military pay effective that date directly). Covers the General Schedule for federal civilian employees, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration schedules, Senior Executive Service pay ranges, the Executive Schedule, pay for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, uniformed services and cadet pay, locality-based pay adjustments, and administrative law judges' pay, all detailed in attached schedules. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based payments and publish notice in the Federal Register. Supersedes the prior pay-adjustment order, Executive Order 13454 of January 4, 2008.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13482
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2008
·George W. Bush·73 FR 76501
Directs that all executive branch departments and agencies close and excuse their employees from duty on Friday, December 26, 2008, the day after Christmas. Allows agency heads to keep certain offices, installations, or employees on duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public reasons. Specifies that the day is treated as covered by Executive Order 11582 and relevant federal pay and leave statutes for purposes of employee compensation and leave. States that the order does not create any legally enforceable rights or benefits for any party against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13481
Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice
·George W. Bush·73 FR 75531