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Executive Order 13514
Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance. This order set sustainability goals for federal agencies and focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Executive Order 13583
Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce. This order aims to develop a more representative and inclusive federal employment structure.
Executive Order 11988
Floodplain Management. This order requires federal agencies to evaluate the potential effects of their actions on floodplains and to avoid impacts where practicable.
Executive Order 13279
Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations. This order allowed faith-based organizations to receive federal funding without altering their religious character.
Executive Order 11478
Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government. This order prohibits discrimination in federal employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, and age.
Executive Order 10990
Reestablishing the Federal Safety Council. This order reestablished the Federal Safety Council to promote safety and accident prevention in federal agency operations.
Executive Order 13556
Controlled Unclassified Information. This order establishes a program for managing information that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls, but is not classified under Executive Order 13526 or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
Executive Order 9066
Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas. This order allowed for the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Executive Order 13535
Ensuring Enforcement and Implementation of Abortion Restrictions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This order prohibited the use of federal funds for abortion services except in the cases of rape, incest, or endangerment of the woman's life.
Executive Order 13087
Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government. This order prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation in the competitive service of the federal civilian workforce.
Executive Order 9981
Desegregation of the Armed Forces. This order abolished racial discrimination in the U.S. military and led to the end of segregation within military units.
Executive Order 13769
Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. This order restricted travel from several countries and was often referred to as the 'Muslim Ban'.
Executive Order 13175
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments. This order established regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials in the development of federal policies that affect tribes.
Executive Order 12333
United States Intelligence Activities. This order provides guidelines for intelligence community activities and oversees national foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.
Executive Order 13848
Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election. This order authorizes the imposition of sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that are found to have meddled in U.S. elections.
Executive Order 10925
Establishing the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. This order aimed at ending discrimination in government employment and contracting.
Executive Order 11246
Equal Employment Opportunity. This order prohibits federal contractors and federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Executive Order 10730
Providing for the Removal of an Obstruction of Justice Within the State of Arkansas. This order dispatched federal troops to enforce the integration of Little Rock Central High School.
Executive Order 12866
Regulatory Planning and Review. This order establishes principles and procedures for federal agencies to follow in the regulatory process, including the review of existing regulations.
Executive Order 12898
Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations. This order directed federal agencies to address environmental justice in their actions.
Executive Order 12036
United States Foreign Intelligence Activities. This order restructured the rules for intelligence gathering and the organization of intelligence agencies.
Executive Order 13658
Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors. This order raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to
Executive Order 12968
Access to Classified Information. This order establishes a uniform federal personnel security program for employees who will be accessing classified information.
Executive Order 14035
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce. This order sets forth a comprehensive framework for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within the federal workforce.
Executive Order 13867
Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses. This order establishes efforts to coordinate national resilience to potential threats from electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).
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