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Executive orders directing the Head of each agency · 10 in Trump 45 · 35 all terms.
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Ensuring Democratic Accountability in Agency Rulemaking
This executive order requires that agency rules under the Administrative Procedure Act be signed and initiated only by senior political appointees rather than career civil servants, with the stated aim of strengthening democratic accountability. It mandates reviews of existing delegations of rulemaking authority and of significant rules issued over the prior 12 years to identify any that were not issued by senior appointees.
Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize domestic procurement of essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and their critical ingredients to reduce dependence on foreign manufacturing. It mandates supply chain vulnerability assessments, streamlines regulatory approvals for domestic producers, and authorizes use of the Defense Production Act to prioritize these materials. The order includes exceptions for public health emergencies and when domestic procurement would increase costs by more than 25 percent.
Combating Anti-Semitism
This executive order directs federal agencies enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism and its contemporary examples when investigating discrimination based on race, color, or national origin. It requires agencies to report within 120 days on additional nondiscrimination authorities where the IHRA definition could apply, while explicitly preserving First Amendment protections and existing evidentiary standards.
Developing Efficient, Effective, and Cost- Reducing Approaches To Federal Sector Collective Bargaining
This executive order directs federal agencies to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements more quickly and cheaply, with stronger management control over workplace decisions. It creates an interagency working group to develop model contract language and negotiation procedures, sets target timelines of 6 weeks for ground rules and 4-6 months for full agreements, restricts bargaining over certain management rights, and requires public posting of all labor agreements.
Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and Efficiency in Taxpayer-Funded Union Time Use
This executive order restricts federal employees' use of "official time" (taxpayer-funded union time) by capping union time rates at 1 hour per employee annually, requiring advance written authorization for union activities, limiting non-agency business to one-quarter of paid time, and mandating public reporting of union time usage. It also prohibits using union time for most grievances, lobbying, or political activities, and bars free or discounted government resources for union purposes.
Promoting Accountability and Streamlining Removal Procedures Consistent With Merit System Principles
This executive order directs federal agencies to make it easier to remove poor-performing or misconduct-prone civilian employees by streamlining disciplinary procedures, limiting opportunity periods for improvement to 30 days, eliminating requirements for progressive discipline, and restricting union grievance procedures over removals. It mandates data collection on adverse personnel actions and requires OPM to issue implementing regulations and guidance.
Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch
This executive order directs the OMB Director to develop a comprehensive plan to reorganize the executive branch, eliminate unnecessary agencies, and improve efficiency. Agency heads must submit reorganization plans within 180 days, and the Director must submit a final proposal to the President within 180 days after the public comment period closes.
White House Initiative To Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) housed in the Executive Office of the President, along with a President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs in the Department of Education. It requires federal agencies interacting with HBCUs to prepare annual plans for strengthening HBCU participation in federal programs and revokes the previous Obama-era executive order on the same topic.
Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda
This executive order establishes a structure for federal regulatory reform by requiring agencies to designate Regulatory Reform Officers (RROs) and create Regulatory Reform Task Forces to identify regulations for repeal, replacement, or modification. It mandates progress reports and incorporates regulatory reform metrics into agency performance plans to systematically reduce regulatory burdens.
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
This executive order establishes a "two-for-one" rule requiring agencies to identify two existing regulations for elimination for every new regulation proposed. It also imposes a zero incremental cost cap on all new regulations for fiscal year 2017 and creates an annual regulatory budgeting process overseen by OMB.