Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 14145: Helping Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed Commerce and partner agencies to improve coordination and access to existing place-based economic development programs for covered communities.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 14145 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 14145 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 14145 do?

EO 14145 tasked the Commerce Secretary, through the Economic Development Administration, with coordinating federal investments and working with partner agencies within one year on local engagement, technical assistance and overlapping programs. It also asked agencies to consider lawful funding preferences and sharing information. It did not establish a White House council.

Later record checked September 26, 2026: The order directed agency coordination and technical assistance; a completed interagency network or memorandum tied to it was not established in this review.

Administration position: The order directed interagency coordination and technical assistance under existing programs. Public evidence of the specified one-year outputs has not been established.
SignedJanuary 19, 2025
Lead officialCommerce Secretary through the Economic Development Administration
Agency partnersTreasury, Interior, Agriculture and other named departments
Express timingOne-year collaboration and memorandum consideration

Before and after

Before the order

Existing place-based economic development programs covered different communities and were administered by separate federal agencies.

After the order

Commerce and implementing agencies were directed to improve community engagement, a technical assistance network and coordination of overlapping programs within one year.

A completed interagency network or memorandum was not established by the reviewed sources.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Commerce, through EDAWork with implementing agencies on engagement, assistance and overlapping-program mappingWithin one year
Implementing agenciesConsider a memorandum to exchange program information and practicesWithin one year
Implementing agenciesHelp eligible applicants navigate existing grant programsAs appropriate

What happened next

EO 14145 signed.

One-year period for coordination and consideration of information-sharing agreements ended.

Signed order corrected; later deliverables remain unverified.