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Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a second Presidential Emergency Board to investigate the unresolved NJ Transit Rail labor disputes.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Ended the national emergency and sanctions program concerning former Liberian president Charles Taylor and associates.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Updated the National Security Medal rules by broadening eligible national-security contributions and modernizing award administration.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Continued or reestablished selected presidential advisory committees through September 2017 and adjusted several charters.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Directed agencies to test and apply behavioral science in program design, communications and public services.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Requires covered federal contractors to provide employees up to 56 hours of paid sick leave each year.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Designated the International Renewable Energy Agency for the privileges, exemptions and immunities available to qualifying international organizations.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Made the Presidential Innovation Fellows program a continuing federal initiative housed at the General Services Administration.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Directed agencies to carry out the updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy through 2020 and report progress.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a coordinated federal program to advance exascale computing, software, workforce and public-private research.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Assigned presidential consultation, transparency, reporting and negotiating functions under the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority law.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a Presidential Emergency Board to investigate unresolved bargaining disputes between NJ Transit Rail and represented employees.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Established the expert board that advises Labor on toxic-exposure evidence and claims under the Energy Employees compensation program.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Reorganized federal hostage recovery through a fusion cell, a White House response group and a special presidential envoy.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Expanded the Presidential Scholars awards to recognize outstanding students in career and technical education.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Updated court-martial rules, evidence provisions and punitive articles to reflect legislation and approved military justice reforms.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Ended the national emergency protecting payments and property associated with Russian weapons-grade plutonium disposition.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Authorized blocking sanctions against foreign cyber actors responsible for specified serious harms to US systems and economic activity.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Set government-wide targets for emissions, renewable energy, buildings, water, waste and federal vehicle fleets through 2025.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Authorized blocking and entry sanctions for serious abuses, repression, corruption and threats to democratic governance in Venezuela.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Promoted private-sector information sharing through industry-led organizations and common voluntary standards.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Established a higher flood-risk standard for federally funded buildings and infrastructure and amended federal floodplain policy.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created an Arctic Executive Steering Committee to align federal policy, programs, budgets and engagement in the region.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created an interagency process and conditions for federal provision of controlled equipment to state local and tribal law enforcement.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Authorized sanctions against North Korean officials and entities and people supporting the government, weapons programs or serious abuses.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Set 2015 pay schedules for federal civilian employees, senior officials, judges, uniformed services and other covered positions.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Blocked designated Crimea-related actors and broadly prohibited US trade, investment and services involving Crimea.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a temporary expert task force to recommend ways to build public trust while supporting effective law enforcement.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Revised presidential proclamation procedures, a climate council’s membership and one contractor-law citation.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Closed most executive departments and agencies on Friday, December 26, 2014 and excused covered employees from duty.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Directed federal agencies to strengthen payment-card security, identity verification and assistance for identity-theft victims.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Authorized activation of selected reservists and certain Individual Ready Reserve members for the US Ebola response in West Africa.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a second Presidential Emergency Board in 2014 to investigate a SEPTA dispute with locomotive engineers.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Allowed qualifying ATF criminal investigators moved during the 2003 reorganization to elect coverage under enhanced law-enforcement retirement provisions.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Required agencies to screen international development investments for climate risks and improve resilience data and planning.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a national strategy, interagency task force and outside advisory council to slow antimicrobial resistance.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a private-sector advisory council on expanding US trade, investment and commercial engagement across Africa.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Broadened the quarantinable category for severe acute respiratory syndromes to cover dangerous emerging respiratory diseases.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Required prospective federal contractors to disclose labor-law violations and added paycheck-transparency and arbitration provisions.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Added sexual orientation and gender identity protections to federal employment and contractor nondiscrimination orders.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Expanded sanctions to armed groups, human-rights abusers, child recruiters, peace-process spoilers and illicit resource networks in the DRC.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a Presidential Emergency Board to investigate labor disputes involving SEPTA commuter rail employees.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Revised military justice procedure, evidence and offenses, including major changes involving sexual assault cases.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Ended extraordinary protections that had shielded Iraqi reconstruction funds and petroleum proceeds from attachment in US courts.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Authorized targeted sanctions against actors fueling violence, abuses, child recruitment or attacks on peace efforts in the Central African Republic.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Expanded eligibility for the Defense Meritorious Service Medal to service members of friendly foreign nations.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Amended federal contractor equal-employment rules to prohibit retaliation for discussing or disclosing compensation.
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Authorized asset freezes against people threatening peace, attacking civilians, obstructing aid or recruiting child soldiers in South Sudan.