First Executive Orders Are Up at whitehouse.gov

[tekisui]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/executive_orders/


Executive Order -- Presidential Records


By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures governing the assertion of executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pursuant to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, it is hereby ordered as follows:

full EO: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrderPresidentialRecords/

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Executive Order -- Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel


By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and sections 3301 and 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Ethics Pledge. Every appointee in every executive agency appointed on or after January 20, 2009, shall sign, and upon signing shall be contractually committed to, the following pledge upon becoming an appointee:

"As a condition, and in consideration, of my employment in the United States Government in a position invested with the public trust, I commit myself to the following obligations, which I understand are binding on me and are enforceable under law:

"1. Lobbyist Gift Ban. I will not accept gifts from registered lobbyists or lobbying organizations for the duration of my service as an appointee.

"2. Revolving Door Ban All Appointees Entering Government. I will not for a period of 2 years from the date of my appointment participate in any particular matter involving specific parties that is directly and substantially related to my former employer or former clients, including regulations and contracts.

"3. Revolving Door Ban Lobbyists Entering Government. If I was a registered lobbyist within the 2 years before the date of my appointment, in addition to abiding by the limitations of paragraph 2, I will not for a period of 2 years after the date of my appointment:

Full EO: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrder-EthicsCommitments/

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1. Claim of Executive Privilege by Former President.

Sec. 4. Claim of Executive Privilege by Former President.

(a) Upon receipt of a claim of executive privilege by a living former President, the Archivist shall consult with the Attorney General (through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel), the Counsel to the President, and such other executive agencies as the Archivist deems appropriate concerning the Archivist's determination as to whether to honor the former President's claim of privilege or instead to disclose the Presidential records notwithstanding the claim of privilege. Any determination under section 3 of this order that executive privilege shall not be invoked by the incumbent President shall not prejudice the Archivist's determination with respect to the former President's claim of privilege.

(b) In making the determination referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the Archivist shall abide by any instructions given him by the incumbent President or his designee unless otherwise directed by a final court order. The Archivist shall notify the incumbent and former Presidents of his determination at least 30 days prior to disclosure of the Presidential records, unless a shorter time period is required in the circumstances set forth in section 1270.44 of the NARA regulations. Copies of the notice for the incumbent President shall be delivered to the President (through the Counsel to the President) and the Attorney General (through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel). The copy of the notice for the former President shall be delivered to the former President or his designated representative.

[tekisui]

2. I hope chimpy and dickie are having trouble sleeping.

[meli224]

4. they aren't..

the scary thing is that they believe they did no wrong.

[nickw]

3. thank you

After all the nonsense during the inauguration about who was President at what time, its nice to get the real, official word from the source documents. Thanks for posting these.

[rocktivity]

5. When he gets to the part about killing the Patriot Act

banning warrantless domestic spying, and restoring our haebeus corpus, give me a call!

:patriot:
rocknation

[tekisui]

8. I have you on speed dial.

Look forward to the call.

:hi: :patriot:

[high density]

6. Bye bye Executive Order 13233

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13233

[AllentownJake]

7. I liked that link because when I clicked on Administration

It said President Obama. First time I've been to whitehouse.gov in a long time.

[hileeopnyn8d]

9. lol

It's nice to not have that icky feeling I used to get when I went there.

[phleshdef]

10. If Obama is being a true progressive on anything, ethics and executive power are fitting the bill.