Guidance for Federal Agencies on Executive Order 13693 - Federal Fleet Management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Not Given Author
Keyword(s):  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Fleet Management ◽  
Executive Order

By Executive Order

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rudalevige
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Presidential Power ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Personal Power ◽  
Executive Orders

The president of the United States is commonly thought to wield extraordinary personal power through the issuance of executive orders. In fact, the vast majority of such orders are proposed by federal agencies and shaped by negotiations that span the executive branch. This book provides the first comprehensive look at how presidential directives are written — and by whom. The book examines more than five hundred executive orders from the 1930s to today — as well as more than two hundred others negotiated but never issued — shedding vital new light on the multilateral process of drafting supposedly unilateral directives. The book draws on a wealth of archival evidence from the Office of Management and Budget and presidential libraries as well as original interviews to show how the crafting of orders requires widespread consultation and compromise with a formidable bureaucracy. It explains the key role of management in the presidential skill set, detailing how bureaucratic resistance can stall and even prevent actions the chief executive desires, and how presidents must bargain with the bureaucracy even when they seek to act unilaterally. Challenging popular conceptions about the scope of presidential power, the book reveals how the executive branch holds the power to both enact and constrain the president's will.

Racial Liberalism, Affirmative Action, and the Troubled History of the President's Committee on Government Contracts

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Thurber
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Government Contracts ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Richard Nixon ◽  
Racial Liberalism ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Educational Campaigns

On August 13, 1953, Dwight Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10479 establishing the President's Committee on Government Contracts (PCGC). Designed to oversee federal agencies' efforts to ensure nondiscrimination in firms with government contracts, the committee could receive complaints of discrimination, conduct educational campaigns, make recommendations to agencies on how to combat discrimination, receive agency enforcement reports, and establish ties with private and public organizations working on equal employment issues. Enforcement powers, including the authority to cancel contracts, would remain with individual agencies. Eisenhower designated Vice President Richard Nixon to head the committee, which consisted of six individuals from agencies awarding the largest contracts and nine representatives from business, labor, and civic groups. A small full-time staff would implement policies set by these members.

The Limits of Presidential Influence: Two Environmental Directives and What They Mean for Executive Power

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua B. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Order Process ◽  
Regulatory Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
Presidential Influence

Abstract:The executive order process can be a long and complicated one, as directives may wind their way through various agencies before finding their way onto the president’s desk. Even after these orders have been issued, federal agencies will have a wide degree of latitude under certain conditions as it pertains to implementing them. In this article, I study the history of three separate presidential directives, two dealing specifically with environmental issues and one with general regulatory issues, in order to provide a picture of the process from inception to implementation. I consider three cases and explore the factors that drive presidents in choosing when or whether to issue an order and those that drive federal agencies to react as they do. This article encourages scholars to reconsider what they consider “unilateral,” pointing to the instances in which presidents must engage in bargaining within the executive branch they ostensibly head.

scholarly journals Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce: Executive Order 13583 and Demographic Trends

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-417
Author(s):  
Erin Borry ◽  
Heather Getha-Taylor ◽  
Maja Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Equal Employment Opportunity ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Workforce Diversity ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Diverse Workforce ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Federal Workforce

President Obama’s 2011 Executive Order 13583 was expected to serve as a catalyst for a coordinated government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce. This order reinforced the government’s commitment to equal employment opportunity by “using the talents of all segments of society,” achieved by recruiting, hiring, promoting, and retaining a more diverse workforce. The order mandated the creation of a government-wide diversity and inclusion strategic plan as well as agency-specific plans. This study uses institutional theory as a lens to examine agency response to EO 13583 to articulate diversity and inclusion rationales, practices, and correlating workforce demographic trends. We examine how three federal agencies articulated diversity and inclusion practices and activities in the plans. We explore demographic workforce trends prior to, during, and after adoption of the agency diversity and inclusion plans. Together, these analyses offer evidence of varied approaches to diversity and inclusion as well as uneven progress in pursuing the letter and spirit of the order. Specifically, the articulation of agency-specific diversity goals following Executive Order 13583 does not consistently translate to enhanced workforce diversity.

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