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Executive Order 13156

Amendment to Executive Order 12871 Regarding the National Partnership Council

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In simple terms

This executive order makes a technical amendment to Executive Order 12871, changing the number of union representatives on the National Partnership Council from two to three. It is a narrow, procedural adjustment to federal labor-management partnership structures.

Federal Register Open PDF 65 FR 31785

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 65 FR 31785

    Federal Register PDF

Key directives

  • Amend Section 1(a)(10) of EO 12871 to replace 'two' with 'three' union representatives on the National Partnership Council

Prior policy

  • amendExecutive Order 12871

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

  • Change in council composition takes effect upon signing

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Slightly altered balance of union representation in federal labor-management partnerships

Risks & tensions

  • Minimal substantive impact; purely procedural change with no stated policy rationale beyond 'uniform policy'
  • Context of Clinton-era labor-management partnership initiative, later reversed by subsequent administration
Executive Order 13156: Amendment to Executive Order 12871 Regarding the National Partnership Council · Executive Orders