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Executive orders are issued to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself. [1] Presidential memoranda are closely related, and have the force of law on the Executive Branch, but are generally considered less prestigious.
Executive Order 13581, titled Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations, was an executive order by United States president Barack Obama. The order authorized the U.S. Department of the Treasury to pursue sanctions against named transnational criminal organizations (TCOs).
As a component of the Obama Administration's initiative to improve transparency and open-access to the Federal Government and the information it produces formally introduced upon taking office in late January 2009 [2] and as a result of an agency-wide review and recommendation process ordered in May of that same year, [3] the issuance of EO 13526 was ultimately prompted by several factors.
Republicans were famously critical of President Obama's use of executive orders, often referring to him as an "emperor" who used the tool to implement an agenda of "ideology," but have championed ...
Administration of John F. Kennedy Executive Orders Disposition Tables [20] 1961: Executive Order 10924: Established the Peace Corps. 1961: Executive Order 10925: Required government contractors to "take affirmative action" to ensure non-discriminatory employment practices. Created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
President Barack Obama said he will order an overhaul of U.S. business regulations in a bid to cut unnecessary red tape and improve consumer protection. In an opinion piece in today'sWall Street ...
Last week, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to protect veterans, current members of the military, and their families from deceptive marketing practices that some for-profit schools ...
The National Defense Resources Preparedness executive order (Executive Order 13603) is an order of the President of the United States, signed by President Barack Obama on March 16, 2012. [1] The purpose of this executive order is to delegate authority and address national defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act ...