EO 13519
Establishment of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a Justice-led interagency task force to coordinate investigation and prosecution of financial fraud arising from the financial crisis.
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EO 13518
Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Established a government-wide veterans employment initiative with an interagency council and agency program offices.
EO 13516
Amending Executive Order 13462
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Revised membership information access and criminal-law referral duties for presidential intelligence advisory and oversight boards.
EO 13517
Amendments to Executive Orders 13183 and 13494
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Expanded the President’s Puerto Rico task force and clarified which contractor labor-relations costs remain reimbursable.
EO 13515
Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a White House initiative and advisory commission to improve Asian American and Pacific Islander access to federal programs.
EO 13514
Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Set government-wide targets for greenhouse gases energy water waste fleets and sustainable procurement across federal operations.
EO 13513
Federal Leadership On Reducing Text Messaging While Driving
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Banned federal employees from texting while driving on official business and directed agencies to encourage similar contractor and grant-recipient policies.
EO 13512
Amending Executive Order 13390
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Revised the federal Gulf Coast recovery coordinator’s leadership and reporting arrangements a second time.
EO 13511
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Extended selected presidential advisory committees and made technical changes to several committee orders.
EO 13510
Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to the Republic of Belarus
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Used Trade Act waiver authority to permit continued normal trade treatment for Belarus for the 2009–2010 waiver year.
EO 13509
Establishing a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created an interagency council to coordinate federal help for communities and workers affected by automobile-industry restructuring.
EO 13508
Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Made Chesapeake Bay restoration a federal priority and required a coordinated strategy milestones and annual accountability.
EO 13507
Establishment of the White House Office of Health Reform
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a White House office to coordinate development and implementation of national health-reform policy.
EO 13506
Establishing a White House Council on Women And Girls
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created an interagency White House council to coordinate policies affecting women and girls.
EO 13505
Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Removed presidential limits on federal support for scientifically worthy human embryonic stem-cell research and required new NIH safeguards.
EO 13504
Amending Executive Order 13390
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Changed leadership arrangements for the federal coordinator supporting Gulf Coast recovery after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
EO 13503
Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a White House office to coordinate federal policy affecting cities and metropolitan areas.
EO 13502
Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Allowed agencies to require project labor agreements on large federal construction projects when they judged an agreement would aid economy and efficiency.
EO 13501
Establishment of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created an outside advisory board to give the President independent advice during the financial crisis and recovery.
EO 13500
Further Amendments to Executive Order 12859, Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Updated membership of the Domestic Policy Council, the White House body that coordinates domestic policy.
EO 13499
Further Amendments to Executive Order 12835, Establishment of the National Economic Council
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Updated the National Economic Council membership for the Obama administration.
EO 13498
Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the President's Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Renamed the White House faith-based office and created a time-limited advisory council on partnerships with religious and community organizations.
EO 13497
Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Regulatory Planning and Review
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Removed two Bush-era amendments to the central executive-branch regulatory review order and directed agencies to rescind their implementing policies.
EO 13496
Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Requires covered federal contractors and subcontractors to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
EO 13495
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Required many successor federal service contractors to offer suitable jobs first to qualified employees of the outgoing contractor.
EO 13494
Economy in Government Contracting
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Made contractor costs of persuading employees about unionization non-reimbursable under federal contracts.
EO 13493
Review of Detention Policy Options
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Created a task force to examine lawful options for detention, trial, transfer and release of people captured in armed conflict or counterterrorism operations.
EO 13492
Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained At the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Ordered review of every Guantánamo detention and sought closure of the detention facilities within one year, a deadline that was not met.
EO 13491
Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Required humane treatment and limited executive-agency interrogations in armed conflict to techniques authorized by the Army Field Manual.
EO 13490
Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Required Obama appointees to sign an ethics pledge restricting gifts, revolving-door activity and work connected to former employers and clients.
EO 13489
Presidential Records
Barack Obama · 2009–2017
Replaced the Bush-era records order with procedures favoring disclosure under the Presidential Records Act while preserving lawful privilege claims.
EO 13488
Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Directed reciprocal use of suitable background checks for excepted-service and contractor fitness decisions.
EO 13487
Establishment of a Temporary Organization to Facilitate United States Government Support for Afghanistan
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Created a temporary State Department Afghanistan Support Office; a 2010 order transferred its functions, personnel, assets, liabilities and records to a broader successor office.
EO 13486
Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the United States
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Created an interagency working group to strengthen security controls for laboratories handling dangerous biological agents.
EO 13485
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation, 2009
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Set a Transportation acting-secretary sequence for a vacancy or incapacity.
EO 13484
Amending Executive Order 13241, the Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Replaced Agriculture’s acting-secretary list and added eligibility protections.
EO 13483
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Set a 2.9% statutory base-pay increase for 2009; OPM reported a 3.9% overall average including locality pay. EO 13525 later superseded it.
EO 13482
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, Dec 26, 2008
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Excused most executive employees on the Friday after Christmas 2008.
EO 13481
Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Set a succession order for officials who could act as Attorney General during a vacancy.
EO 13480
Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Updated listed agency units excluded from federal collective-bargaining provisions.
EO 13479
Transformation of the National Air Transportation System
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Directed federal coordination of the Next Generation Air Transportation System.
EO 13478
Amendments to Executive Order 9397 Relating to Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Made use of Social Security numbers optional rather than exclusive under EO 9397 and emphasized protection of personal identifiers.
EO 13477
Settlement of Claims Against Libya
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Settled specified terrorism-related claims against Libya under the bilateral claims agreement.
EO 13476
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Coordinated the 2008–09 presidential transition across White House and federal agencies.
EO 13475
Further Amendments to EO12139 and EO12949 In Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Added the FBI Deputy Director to specified surveillance and physical-search certification lists.
EO 13474
Amendments to Executive Order 12962
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Required recreational fishing to be managed as a sustainable activity in federal conservation areas.
EO 13473
To Authorize Certain Noncompetitive Appointments in the Civil Service for Spouses of Certain Members of the Armed Forces
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Authorized noncompetitive federal appointments for certain military spouses.
EO 13472
Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect to Orders of Succession
George W. Bush · 2001–2009
Required agencies to maintain succession orders and send proposed changes for White House review.