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Executive Order 13078

Executive Order 13078 of March 13, 1998 - Increasing Employment of Adults With Disabilities

Executive Order 12900

Executive Order 12900  - Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance the development of human potential, to strengthen the Nation’s capacity to...

Executive Order 12250

Executive Order 12250--Leadership and Coordination of Nondiscrimination Laws

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 12250 of Nov. 2, 1980, appear at 45 FR 72995, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 298, unless otherwise noted.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and...

Executive Order 11246

Executive Order 11246--Equal employment opportunity

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 11246 of Sept. 24, 1965, appear at 30 FR 12319, 12935, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339, unless otherwise noted.

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United...

Executive Order 12900

Executive Order 12900 - Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance the development of human potential, to strengthen the Nation's capacity to provide high-...

Executive Order 12250

Executive Order 12250--Leadership and Coordination of Nondiscrimination Laws

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 12250 of Nov. 2, 1980, appear at 45 FR 72995, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 298, unless otherwise noted.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and...

Executive Order 11478

Executive Order 11478--Equal employment opportunity in the Federal Government

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 11478 of Aug. 8, 1969, appear at 34 FR 12985, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 803, unless otherwise noted.

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President...

Policy Statement on the No FEAR Act of 2002

The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), as amended by the Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020, requires Federal agencies to keep their employees, former employees, and applicants for...