Executive Office of the President
Orders where directed actors are tied to Executive Office of the President · 32 in Obama · 178 all terms.
Roles directed
- Director of the Domestic Policy Council6
- Vice President4
- President4
- National Security Advisor3
- Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism3
- Director of the National Economic Council2
- Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff2
- National Security Council Staff1
- Chief of Staff1
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations1
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation1
- White House Counsel1
- Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel1
- Homeland Security Advisor1
- Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council1
- Water Resources Council1
Orders
32 shown · Obama
Steps for Increased Legal and Policy Transparency Concerning the United States Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations
This December 2016 memorandum directs national security departments and agencies to prepare a public report describing legal and policy frameworks governing U.S. military force and related national security operations, with annual updates coordinated by the NSC staff. It aims to institutionalize transparency practices developed during the Obama administration regarding counterterrorism and national security operations.
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition
This executive order establishes two coordinating bodies—the White House Transition Coordinating Council and the Agency Transition Directors Council—to improve planning and information sharing for presidential transitions. It mandates specific preparation activities including briefing materials, emergency exercises, and career employee readiness, with a hard deadline for agency materials before November 1 of election years.
Promoting Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
This memorandum establishes a Federal Interagency Reentry Council co-chaired by the Attorney General and the White House Domestic Policy Council Director to coordinate federal efforts reducing recidivism and removing barriers to employment, housing, and reintegration for formerly incarcerated individuals. It directs agencies to review hiring and occupational licensing procedures to avoid automatic disqualification based on criminal records, and requires a federal strategic plan within 100 days.
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force
This memorandum establishes an interagency Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force to coordinate implementation of federal parity protections ensuring mental health and substance use disorder coverage is comparable to medical/surgical care. The Task Force, chaired by the Domestic Policy Council Director and comprising nine agency heads, is charged with identifying best practices, addressing guidance gaps, and submitting a public report by October 31, 2016.
White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force
This memorandum establishes the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, chaired by the Vice President, to coordinate federal efforts to accelerate cancer research, treatment, and prevention. The Task Force includes heads of 14 executive departments and agencies and is directed to produce findings and recommendations on accelerating research, improving patient care, reducing regulatory barriers, and developing public-private partnerships, with a report due to the President by December 31, 2016.
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between New Jersey Transit Rail and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
President Obama established a three-member emergency board to investigate labor disputes between New Jersey Transit Rail and certain employee unions under the Railway Labor Act. The board must report within 30 days of creation, and both parties are prohibited from changing working conditions for 120 days from the board's creation.
Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing
This executive order encourages voluntary formation of Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAOs) to enable private sector cybersecurity information sharing with the federal government. It establishes a standards-setting process for ISAOs, designates DHS's NCCIC as a critical infrastructure protection program, and amends the National Industrial Security Program to facilitate classified information sharing with private sector partners under voluntary agreements.
Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input
This executive order establishes a new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard requiring federally funded projects to build above current base flood levels using climate-informed science, freeboard elevations, or 0.2% annual chance flood data. It amends Executive Order 11988 and mandates stakeholder consultation before implementation, with agencies required to submit implementation plans after public comment closes.
Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition
This executive order creates an interagency working group to review and standardize federal programs that provide military-style equipment to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The group must develop recommendations for controlled equipment lists, training requirements, civil rights compliance, and oversight mechanisms, with initial reports due in 60 days and final recommendations in 120 days.
Deepening U.S. Government Efforts To Collaborate With and Strengthen Civil Society
This 2014 presidential memorandum directs federal agencies engaged in foreign policy to strengthen collaboration with civil society organizations worldwide, oppose undue restrictions on civic freedoms, and integrate civil society consultation into U.S. diplomatic engagement. It requires annual reporting to the President on implementation progress.
Climate-Resilient International Development
This executive order requires federal agencies with international development programs to systematically integrate climate-resilience considerations into their strategies, planning, and funding decisions. It establishes a Working Group co-chaired by Treasury and USAID to develop guidelines, tools, and metrics, while also directing agencies to promote similar practices in multilateral development institutions.
Streamlining the Export/Import Process for America's Businesses
This executive order directs federal agencies to modernize U.S. trade processing by completing the International Trade Data System (ITDS)—a "single window" for electronic submission of import/export data—by December 31, 2016. It establishes the Border Interagency Executive Council (BIEC) to coordinate cross-agency border management, streamline regulatory requirements, and improve supply chain efficiency while maintaining security and public health protections.
Job-Driven Training for Workers
This memorandum directs the Secretaries of Labor, Commerce, and Education to develop within 180 days an action plan to reform federal workforce and training programs to be more "job-driven," emphasizing employer engagement, skills matching, accountability for employment outcomes, and better alignment across education and training systems. The Vice President is tasked with leading a government-wide review of relevant federal programs.
Establishing a White House Task Force To Protect Students From Sexual Assault
President Obama established a White House Task Force co-chaired by the Office of the Vice President and the White House Council on Women and Girls to coordinate federal efforts addressing campus sexual assault. The Task Force must develop recommendations within 90 days and provide annual implementation reports, focusing on improving institutional compliance, transparency, and evidence-based prevention practices at colleges and universities receiving federal financial aid.
Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review
This memorandum establishes a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force co-chaired by the OSTP and Domestic Policy Council directors to produce a comprehensive energy policy review every four years, with the first report due January 31, 2015 focusing on U.S. energy infrastructure challenges. The Task Force includes representatives from 23 agencies and is directed to engage stakeholders and recommend executive and legislative actions.
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
President Obama established a three-member emergency board to investigate labor disputes between the Long Island Rail Road and its unionized employees under the Railway Labor Act. The board was required to report within 30 days, during which time neither party could change working conditions for 120 days.
Expanding National Service Through Partnerships to Advance Government Priorities
This memorandum establishes an interagency Task Force on Expanding National Service, co-chaired by the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council. It directs federal agencies to develop partnerships with CNCS to expand national service and volunteer opportunities aligned with the six focus areas of the Serve America Act, and requires specific reports and guidance within set timeframes.
Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions
This executive order establishes a comprehensive framework for national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications, creating an interagency Executive Committee co-chaired by Defense and Homeland Security to coordinate survivable, resilient federal communications under all circumstances. It assigns specific responsibilities across multiple departments, revokes the prior Executive Order 12472 (1984), and mandates a 60-day organizational plan from Homeland Security.
Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources
This executive order creates an interagency working group chaired by the Domestic Policy Council Director to coordinate federal agency efforts supporting safe and responsible development of unconventional domestic natural gas resources, such as shale gas. It aims to streamline policy coordination across 13+ agencies while maintaining environmental and public health safeguards.
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences and For Other Purposes
This proclamation suspends Argentina's duty-free trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for failing to enforce arbitral awards favoring U.S. citizens, while designating South Sudan as both a GSP beneficiary and least-developed beneficiary country. It also makes technical modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement CAFTA-DR provisions affecting Dominican Republic-Mexico trade rules, extend Haiti apparel duty-free treatment, and correct prior proclamation errors.
Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
President Obama established a five-member Emergency Board to investigate unresolved labor disputes between major freight railroads and their unions, triggered by a National Mediation Board finding that threatened strikes would disrupt interstate commerce. The board must report within 30 days, during which time both sides are barred from changing working conditions or striking.
Coordinating Policies on Automotive Communities and Workers
This executive order establishes a coordinated federal response to support automotive communities and workers recovering from the 2008-2009 industry collapse. It assigns the Secretary of Labor responsibility for coordinating interagency policies, advising the President on legislation, and conducting outreach to stakeholders. The order revokes the prior 2009 auto communities EO (13509), reflecting the shift from crisis response to sustained recovery coordination.
Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government
This executive order establishes a Government Accountability and Transparency Board to expand anti-fraud tools and spending transparency across federal agencies, building on Recovery Act practices. It reinforces the Accountable Government Initiative by assigning performance reform responsibilities to agency Chief Operating Officers and Chief Financial Officers, with quarterly metric updates on performance.gov and monthly reporting on $2.1 billion in administrative cost savings targets.
Establishment of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees
This executive order establishes two interagency advisory committees—the Senior Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee and the Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee—to coordinate federal intellectual property enforcement efforts. Both committees are chaired by the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and are tasked with developing triennial Joint Strategic Plans required under the PRO IP Act of 2008.
Freeze on Discretionary Awards, Bonuses, and Similar Payments for Federal Political Appointees
President Obama froze discretionary cash awards, bonuses, quality step increases, and similar payments for all politically appointed federal employees from August 3, 2010 through September 30, 2011 (end of Fiscal Year 2011). The Office of Personnel Management was directed to issue implementation guidance in consultation with OMB, while a broader salary freeze for senior political appointees was proposed as requiring congressional legislation.
Amendments to Executive Orders 13183 and 13494
This executive order makes two changes: it expands the mission of the Presidential Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status to include promoting job creation, education, health care, clean energy, and economic development on the islands, and requires a report within one year; and it amends an earlier Obama EO to clarify that contractor costs for labor-management relations (excluding union organizing activities) are allowable costs in federal contracts.
Establishing a White House Council on Women And Girls
This executive order creates a White House Council on Women and Girls to coordinate federal policy across agencies on issues affecting women and girls, including pay equity, healthcare access, educational opportunity, and workforce participation. The Council is advisory, composed of Cabinet secretaries and senior officials, and must submit an interagency plan within 150 days.
Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs
This executive order creates the White House Office of Urban Affairs within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal urban policy across departments and agencies. The Office is tasked with developing a comprehensive urban policy agenda, ensuring federal spending in urban areas is effective, and engaging with state/local officials and private stakeholders.
White House Task Force on Middle-Class Working Families
President Obama established a White House Task Force on Middle-Class Working Families, chaired by Vice President Biden, to recommend policies on education, work-family balance, labor standards, income protection, and retirement security. The Task Force includes cabinet secretaries and senior White House economic advisors, with annual public reports required starting one year from signing.
Pay Freeze
President Obama freezes salaries of senior White House staff members during the economic recession, directing the Chief of Staff to report back within 30 days with implementation recommendations. The freeze applies 'until further notice' and is framed as a symbolic shared sacrifice during severe economic stress.
Transparency and Open Government
This memorandum establishes principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration as core values for the Obama Administration and directs the CTO, OMB Director, and GSA Administrator to develop within 120 days recommendations for an Open Government Directive that would instruct agencies to take specific implementing actions.
Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel
This executive order requires all executive branch appointees hired on or after January 20, 2009, to sign a binding ethics pledge that imposes a two-year revolving door ban between lobbying and government service, prohibits gifts from registered lobbyists, bars departing appointees from lobbying the administration, and mandates merit-based hiring decisions. The order establishes enforcement mechanisms including civil penalties and debarment, with waiver authority vested in the OMB Director.