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Executive Order 12945

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12640

This executive order amends Executive Order 12640 by increasing the number of Vice Chair positions on the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities from four to six, and updates the gendered language from "Vice Chairman/Vice Chairmen" to "Vice Chair/Vice Chairs" throughout the order.

Federal Register Open PDF 60 FR 4527

Key directives

  • Increase Vice Chair positions from four to six on the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
  • Replace gendered terminology 'Vice Chairman/Vice Chairmen' with 'Vice Chair/Vice Chairs' throughout EO 12640

Timeline

Immediate

  • Amendment to EO 12640 takes effect upon signing
  • Committee structure changes from 4 to 6 Vice Chairs

Near term (90d)

  • Potential appointment of two additional Vice Chairs

Long term

  • Sustained committee capacity for disability employment policy advisory role

Risks & tensions

  • Minimal tension; narrow administrative change with no resource implications stated
  • Language modernization is procedural, not substantive policy shift
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