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EO 135642011-01-31Obama

Establishment of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

This executive order creates the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness (PCJC) within the Department of the Treasury to provide non-partisan advice on economic growth, competitiveness, and job creation. It replaces the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (revoking EO 13501) with a new advisory body of private-sector representatives and experts. The council has a 2-year lifespan unless extended by the President.

Notice 133962011-01-26Obama

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in or in Relation to C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire

President Obama continued for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13396 regarding the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, maintaining sanctions that block property of certain persons contributing to the conflict. The continuation is based on ongoing threats including civilian massacres, human rights abuses, and attacks on peacekeeping forces.

Memo2011-01-18Obama

Regulatory Compliance

This memorandum directs executive agencies with broad regulatory compliance responsibilities to develop plans within 120 days to make their enforcement and compliance data publicly accessible, downloadable, and searchable online. It also instructs the Federal CIO and CTO to work with agencies to publish this data on centralized platforms like Data.gov and to explore cross-agency data sharing for risk-based enforcement.

Memo 128662011-01-18Obama

Regulatory Flexibility, Small Business, and Job Creation

This memorandum directs executive agencies and requests independent agencies to give serious consideration to reducing regulatory burdens on small businesses when initiating rulemaking with significant economic impact, including through extended compliance dates, performance standards, simplified requirements, different rules by firm size, and exemptions. Agencies must explicitly justify any decision not to provide such flexibility, and the OMB Director is directed to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.

EO 135632011-01-18Obama

Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review

This executive order directs federal agencies to improve the regulatory process by requiring cost-benefit analysis, public participation through online comment periods, coordination to reduce redundant rules, flexible regulatory approaches, scientific integrity, and retrospective review of existing regulations. It supplements Executive Order 12866 (1993) and mandates each agency submit a plan within 120 days for periodically reviewing existing significant regulations.

Notice 129472011-01-13Obama

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

This notice continues for one year a national emergency first declared in 1995 regarding foreign terrorists threatening to disrupt the Middle East peace process. The continuation maintains sanctions and blocking measures originally imposed under Executive Orders 12947 and 13099.

Memo2011-01-06Obama

Disestablishment of United States Joint Forces Command

President Obama approved the disestablishment of United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), accepting recommendations from the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The actual effective date was left to the Secretary of Defense's determination, and Congress was to be notified. The action was to be reflected in the 2010 Unified Command Plan.

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