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Executive Order 13233 [1] limited access to the records of former United States Presidents to a higher degree than the previous Order 12667, which it superseded.It was drafted by then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001.
Executive Order 13489 – issued by President Barack Obama on January 21, 2009, restored the implementation of the PRA of 1978 as practiced under President Reagan's Executive Order 12667 and revoked President Bush's Executive Order 13233. [11] [12] Executive Order 13526 – issued by President Barack Obama on December 29, 2009, the executive ...
Executive Order 13233, drafted by Gonzales and issued by President George W. Bush on November 1, 2001, shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, attempted to place limitations on the Freedom of Information Act by restricting access to the records of former presidents. The order asserted the President's power to delay the release of ...
The first executive order to be assigned a number was Executive Order 1, signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, ... (Revoked by Executive Order 13233, November 1, 2001 ...
Executive Order 13233, drafted by Alberto R. Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001, is used to limit the FOIA by restricting access to the records of former presidents. Executive Order 13392: Improving Agency Disclosure of Information. [5]
An executive order is a signed directive by a U.S. president on how they want to the federal government to operate. Using the force of the law, these orders range from federal employee holidays to ...
Also in 2001, George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13233 extending the accessibility of the state secrets privilege to also allow former presidents, their designated representatives, or representatives designated by their families, to invoke it to bar records from their tenure. [13]
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and ...