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Air Traffic Organization

The Air Traffic Organization was created as the operations arm of the FAA by executive order of President Bill Clinton in December 2000 to apply businesslike practices to the delivery of air traffic services.

Executive Order 13440

Executive Order 13440 is an Executive Order issued by United States President George W. Bush on July 20, 2007 ordering limited compliance with the Geneva Conventions in the treatment of captives held in extrajudicial detention by the Central Intelligence Agency.

John M. Woolsey

Woolsey also invalidated Executive Order 6102, an Executive Order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates".

Low-carbon fuel standard

Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-1-07 on January 19, 2007 to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS).

Presidential Records Act

Executive Order 12667 - Issued by President Reagan in January 1989, this executive order established the procedures for NARA and former and incumbent Presidents to implement the PRA.

Ron Stephens

In early February 2006, Stephens challenged Blagojevich in an appearance on The Daily Show to discuss the Governor's executive order that pharmacists must dispense any drugs for which a customer had a valid prescription, including birth control pills and Plan B.

Standby power

In July 2001 U.S. President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to "purchase products that use no more than one watt in their standby power consuming mode".


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1975 in LGBT rights

Milton Shapp, governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, issues the first state executive order banning sexual orientation employment discrimination by the government.

1983 in LGBT rights

New York governor Mario Cuomo issues an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.

1990 in LGBT rights

10 — Colorado Governor Roy Romer issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

1991 in LGBT rights

29 — Minnesota governor Arne Carlson issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

16 — New Jersey governor James Florio issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

2000 in LGBT rights

Montana governor Marc Racicot issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

Tom Vilsack, governor of the U.S. state of Iowa, rescinds an executive order he issued in 1999 banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the public sector.

Affiliates to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

In 2007, TRO was designated by the United States Department of the Treasury under the Executive Order 13224, aimed at financially isolating US designated foreign terrorist groups and their support network.

Agoncillo, Batangas

Finally, on April 17, 1949, Executive Order No. 212 was issued by President Quirino, lifting the suspension and thereby, authorizing the immediate organization of the Municipality under the name of Agoncillo, in honor of Don Felipe Agoncillo, a native of Taal and one of the first Filipino representatives to the Spanish Cortes.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

In New Jersey, Gov. Corzine signed an executive order on August 2, 2006 recoginizing AFSCME and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) as the unions representing child care providers in that state.

American Revolution Statuary

In accordance with Executive Order 11593, by President Richard Nixon, the National Park Service surveyed, and registered Statuary of people of the American Revolution, in Washington, D.C. to aid in their preservation.

Arthur J. Altmeyer

In June, 1934, Altmeyer, acting upon instructions from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Secretary Perkins and Presidential Adviser Harry Hopkins, drafted for the president Executive Order 6757, which provided for creation of a Committee on Economic Security, the committee which oversaw drafting of the bill which became the Social Security Act of 1935.

Bagacay Point Lighthouse

The landmark was built by virtue of an executive order issued on July 28, 1903 by William Howard Taft, the first American Governor-General of the Philippines who came to the country in 1900 as president of the Philippine Commission.

Bruce Dethlefsen

Executive Order 404, given by Governor Thompson, created the Commission in on July 31, 2000 to recommend candidates for the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin.

Buenavista, Agusan del Norte

On January 1, 1937 the barrio of Buenavista, by virtue of Executive Order No. 65 issued by Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon, became the Municipality of Buenavista through the efforts of assemblyman Apolonio D. Curato and Governor Jose R. Rosales, commissioner of Mindanao and Sulu Teofisto Guingona Sr., and secretary of Interior, Elpidio Quirino, with a set of appointed officials to serve for a period of one year.

California Environmental Protection Agency

Cal/EPA was created by Governor Pete Wilson by Executive Order W-5-91 in 1991, following on a "Big Green" initiative Wilson proposed during the 1990 state gubernatorial elections, promising a cabinet-level agency to oversee state environmental regulations and research.

Capital Development Authority

Capital Development Authority (CDA), is a public benefit corporation responsible for providing municipal services in the Islamabad city (Capital city of Pakistan), established on June 14, 1960, first by an executive order issued on June 24, 1960 entitled the Pakistan Capital Regulation, to be superseded by the CDA ordinance issued on June 27, 1960.

Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.

In accordance with Executive Order 11593 by President Richard Nixon the National Park Service survey, and registered Civil War statues in Washington, D.C. to aid in their preservation.

Court of Appeals of the Philippines

But in March 1945, due to abnormal conditions at the time, the Court was abolished by President Sergio Osmeña through Executive Order No. 37.

Executive Order 11375

Dr. Bernice Sandler of the Equity Action League commented: "After all, there are no Federal laws dealing with sex discrimination. That's why we are forcing the issue by filing complaints under the terms of the executive order."

Executive Order 11478

On May 28, 1998, President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 13087, which amended Executive Order 11478 to add sexual orientation to the list of classes covered.

Executive Order 11850

On April 11, 2007 Joseph Benkert, a George W. Bush political appointee, informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Bush Presidency felt it could reinterpret the Executive Order and loosen the restriction on the use of gas as a riot control agent.

Executive Order 13567

Executive Order 13567 established a Periodic Review Secretariat, that would oversee Periodic Review Boards, which would perform periodic reviews of the individuals in the third group, those who were being held indefinitely, without charge.

Executive Order 6102

There was a need to strengthen Executive Order 6102, as the one prosecution under the order was ruled invalid by federal judge John M. Woolsey, on the grounds that the order was signed by the President, not the Secretary of the Treasury as required.

Executive Order 9066

The CWRIC was appointed to conduct an official governmental study of Executive Order 9066, related wartime orders, and their impact on Japanese Americans in the West and Alaska Natives in the Pribilof Islands.

Film awards in the Philippines

In 1981, President Ferdinand Marcos passed Executive Order 640-A, which established the Film Academy of the Philippines, the Philippines' official counterpart of the United States' Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Foreign Assistance Act

On November 3, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Act and issued Executive Order 10973, detailing the reorganization.

Giant Lantern Festival

Kiyoshi Takeuchi and Ms. Kumiko Kuroda, Willy Ong, inter alia, led the Board of Judges, created by Executive Order of San Fernando, Pampanga Mayor Oscar Samson Rodriguez.

Iguanita Wildlife Refuge

Consequently, the proposal was approved by Executive Order 23217 from MIRENEM ( currently MINAE ) ICT ( The National Tourism Board) created Iguanita Wildlife Refuge in 1994 to maintain and develop low-impact tourism.

Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military

On April 5, 2011, President Barack Obama amended Executive Order 12824 modifying the award eligibility of the Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal to "any member of the Armed Forces of the United States" making it an inter-service decoration of the U.S. military.

Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Effective April 24, 2011, Governor Rick Snyder signed Executive Order 2011-4 creating the Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs (LARA).

Midway Atoll

On October 31, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 13022, which transferred the jurisdiction and control of the atoll to the United States Department of the Interior.

National Biological Information Infrastructure

As a first step, in 1994, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12906, "Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: the National Spatial Data Infrastructure".

Nevers' 2nd Regiment Band

New Hampshire Governor Nathaniel S. Berry established the band as part of the Third New Hampshire Regiment on July 31, 1861, by an executive order to Gustavus W. Ingalls of Concord.

New York City Human Resources Administration

The Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services was created on August 15, 1966, by consolidating many of the city’s existing social service administrations under Mayor John Lindsay’s Executive Order No. 28.

Occupy Atlanta

Mayor Kasim Reed had revoked the executive order he established that allowed the protesters to lawfully stay in the park.

Pius XII, The Holocaust, and the Cold War

Pius XII, The Holocaust, and the Cold War is a 2008 book by historian Michael Phayer which makes use of documents that had been released under Bill Clinton's 1997 executive order declassifying wartime and postwar documents.

Rural Letter Carrier

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed executive order 10988 establishing employee-management cooperation in the federal service.

Same-sex marriage in Utah

Salt Lake City Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson signed an executive order in 2005 which provides domestic-partner benefits to city-government employees including those who are part of same-sex relationships.

Same-sex unions in the United States

In November 2013, Governor Jay Nixon issued an executive order allowing for married same-sex couples to file joint tax returns with the state.

Stem cell laws and policy in the United States

9 March 2009 - President Barack Obama signs an executive order reversing federal opposition to embryonic Stem Cell research.

Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center

In 2005, the US president George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13382, "Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters," which prohibited U.S. citizens and residents from doing business with the SSRC.

United States Board on Geographic Names

President Benjamin Harrison signed an Executive Order on September 4, 1890, establishing the United States Board on Geographic Names.

University of San Pedro Sula

The University of San Pedro Sula (Universidad de San Pedro Sula, or better known as "La Privada" Private www.usps.edu) was founded in 1977 and authorized by a governmental executive order on August 21, 1978

Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape

The Marikina Watershed Reservation was originally created on the July 26, 1904, by virtue of Executive Order No. 33, which was issued by then Governor-General of the Philippine Islands Luke Edward Wright.

Varnum v. Brien

Iowa business owner Bob Vander Plaats, in his unsuccessful bid for the Republican gubernatorial primary, promised to "issue an executive order that puts a stay on same-sex marriages until the people of Iowa vote", although state officials said that the governor lacks the power to halt the implementation of State Supreme Court decisions.

Veterans' Preference Act

A year later, President Harrison issued an Executive Order allowing honorably discharged veterans who were former Federal employees to be reinstated without time limit.

Western Governors University

WGU Indiana was the first state established school created June 11, 2010 by Executive Order 10-04, signed by then governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels.