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Orders where directed actors are tied to Various · 11 in Reagan · 270 all terms.
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Implementing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Implementation Act
This executive order implements procedural requirements for the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, mandating 75-day advance notice for proposed federal standards-related rules, establishing a U.S. Secretariat within Commerce to support binational dispute panels, and accepting binding decisions from those panels. The order takes effect only when the trade agreement itself enters into force.
Productivity improvement program for the Federal Government
This executive order establishes a government-wide program requiring all executive departments and agencies to improve productivity by 3 percent annually in functions that provide services to the public, with full coverage required by 1991. Agencies must submit annual productivity plans to OMB, include quality and timeliness goals in manager performance appraisals, and report progress through a structured review process.
Governmental actions and interference with constitutionally protected property rights
This executive order requires federal agencies to evaluate whether their regulatory and administrative actions could constitute a "taking" of private property under the Fifth Amendment's Just Compensation Clause. It mandates new review procedures, establishes guidelines for assessing takings risks, and requires reporting of past and pending compensation claims to improve fiscal accountability.
Integrity and Efficiency in Federal Programs
This executive order establishes the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency as an interagency committee to coordinate government-wide efforts against fraud, waste, and abuse in federal programs. It also creates a Coordinating Conference to extend these efforts to additional agencies with audit and investigative resources, while revoking the previous EO 12301 from 1981.
Facilitating access to science and technology
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate technology transfer from government laboratories to universities and private industry, particularly small businesses. It establishes cooperative research agreements, royalty-sharing for inventors, a Technology Share Program for consortia, scientist exchange programs, and international technology cooperation guidelines, while requiring reports on progress within one year.
Mailing privileges of members of Armed Forces of the United States and of friendly foreign nations
This executive order delegates the President's authority to designate areas where U.S. and friendly foreign military personnel receive free mailing privileges to the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary must consult with the Secretary of State, USPS, and other agencies as appropriate when making such designations.
Debarment and Suspension
This executive order establishes a government-wide system to debar and suspend participants from federal assistance programs due to fraud, waste, or abuse. It requires agencies to share exclusion information, follow uniform criteria and due process procedures, and creates an Interagency Committee and lead agency to maintain a centralized list of excluded parties.
Prohibiting trade and certain other transactions involving South Africa
This executive order imposes economic sanctions against South Africa's apartheid regime, prohibiting new U.S. government-backed loans, computer exports to security agencies, nuclear technology transfers, and arms imports effective October-November 1985. It also mandates that U.S. companies with 25+ employees in South Africa follow fair labor principles by year-end 1985 or lose U.S. government trade advocacy support.
Presidential Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives
This executive order establishes a 35-member Presidential Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives to advise the President and Commerce Secretary on promoting public-private partnerships for social services. The Board is tasked with increasing awareness of such partnerships, removing barriers to private social service programs, and strengthening the private social service sector. It is housed administratively within the Department of Commerce and has a fixed termination date.
Federal procurement reforms
This 1982 executive order directs federal agencies to reform procurement practices by reducing administrative burdens, strengthening competition, simplifying small purchases, ensuring timely contractor payments, and creating professional procurement workforces. It mandates completion of a unified Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by year-end 1982 and assigns coordination roles to OMB, OPM, and the Defense/GSA/NASA triumvirate.
River Basin Commissions
This executive order terminates six river basin commissions established under the Water Resources Planning Act, with five closing on September 30, 1981 and the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission closing on December 31, 1981. It directs federal agencies to cooperate in orderly transitions to member states, transfers federal assets to states with OMB approval, and revokes the original executive orders establishing each commission.