Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 12983: Amendment to Executive Order No. 12871

President: Bill Clinton

Added federal manager representatives and a progress report to the National Partnership Council’s labor-management program.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 12983 still in effect? No. Executive Order 12983 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 12983 do?

EO 12983 added the elected heads of the Senior Executives Association and Federal Managers Association to the National Partnership Council. It called for wider consultation and an October 1996 report on federal labor-management partnership. A later Defense Department annual report expressly refers to the council’s October 1996 Report to the President and cites its estimate that partnership arrangements covered 61 percent of represented Defense employees. That departmental figure is not a government-wide outcome or proof that the added seats produced it. EO 13203 revoked the parent order and directed dissolution in 2001.

Administration position: The order adjusted an internal federal labor-management advisory program. It did not amend collective-bargaining rights in the governing civil-service statute.
SignedDecember 21, 1995
Added representativesTwo management-association office holders
Report dueOctober 1996

Before and after

Before the order

The National Partnership Council lacked designated representatives from the two named federal management associations.

After the order

Management representation and outside consultation expanded, and the council reported on partnership progress.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
National Partnership CouncilSeek broader agency and stakeholder inputDuring its operation
CouncilReport on partnership resultsBy October 1996
Added associationsProvide one elected office holder eachDuring the council’s life

What happened next

EO 12983 amended the council.

EO 13203 revoked the parent order and dissolved the council.