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Presidential Memorandum

Federal Employee Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign

This memorandum directs all executive departments and agencies to implement employee awareness campaigns on domestic violence within 6 months. It references the Violence Against Women Act and supports Justice Department plans for a resource manual, poster, and information fair on October 30, 1995.

Federal Register Open PDF 60 FR 52821

Impact dates

  1. Agencies implement domestic violence awareness program

  2. Violence Against Women Information Fair

Key directives

  • Executive departments and agencies shall institute employee awareness campaigns on domestic violence
  • Implement program to promote Federal employee awareness of domestic violence and available resources within 6 months
  • Support Justice Department plans for resource manual, poster, and October 30, 1995 information fair

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Memorandum issuance and Federal Register publication
  • OMB directed to publish memorandum

Near term (90d)

  • Violence Against Women Information Fair scheduled for October 30, 1995
  • Justice Department initial plans for resource manual and poster

Long term

  • Agency awareness campaigns to be implemented within 6 months (by approximately April 2, 1996)

Risks & tensions

  • No enforcement mechanism or reporting requirements specified
  • Vague on what constitutes adequate 'awareness campaign'
  • Limited to federal workforce education rather than direct victim services or policy changes
Presidential Memorandum: Federal Employee Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign · Executive Orders