November 2005 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Process or Institutions in Zimbabwe ... Executive Order: Establishment of a Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region ... Executive Order: Creation of the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council. (White House News Releases)
February 2004 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: National and Community Service Programs ... Executive Order: Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing ... Executive Order: Human Service Transportation Coordination. (White House News Releases)
February 2006 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in C te D'Ivoire. Memorandum for the Secretary of State. (White House News Releases)
October 2005 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Further Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans ... Executive Order: 2005 Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial, United States. (White House News Releases)
December 2003 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order Assignment of Functions Relating to Arrivals in and Departures from the United States. Executive Order Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay ... Executive Order Appointments During National Emergency. (White House News Releases)
December 2005 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay. Executive Order: Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense ... Executive Order: Improving Agency Disclosure of Information. (White House News Releases)
October 2006 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... Executive Order: Blocking Property of and Prohibiting Transactions with the Government of Sudan. (White House News Releases)
December 2002 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 ... Executive Order: President's Commission on the United States Postal Service. (White House News Releases)
December 2001 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay ... Executive Orders on Succession in Federal Agencies ... Normal Trade Relations Treatment Executive Order. (White House News Releases)
February 2003 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection with the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5. (White House News Releases)
January 2004 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy ... Executive Order: Amendment to Executive Order 12293, the Foreign Service of the United States ... Executive Order: Termination of Emergency with Respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia. (White House News Releases)
November 2001 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Creation of the President's Council on Bioethics ... Executive Order Waiver of Dual Compensation Provisions of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964. (White House News Releases)
January 2002 Oct 3, 2008
Amendment to Executive Order 13223. January 16, 2002 President Announces Step to Expand Trade e Jobs. (White House News Releases)
October 2001 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order for Dept of Health and Human Services ... Executive Order on Critical Infrastructure Protection ... Executive Order Establishing Office of Homeland Security. (White House News Releases)
October 2002 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Creating a Board of Inquiry to Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States. October 5, 2002 President: Iraqi Regime Danger to America is "Grave and Growing". (White House News Releases)
November 2002 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Act of 2002 ... Executive Order Regarding Undocumented Aliens in the Caribbean Region. (White House News Releases)
September 2001 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order on Terrorist Financing. Fact Sheet on Terrorist Financing Executive Order ... Letter to Congress on Terrorist Financing Executive Order. (White House News Releases)
January 2003 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. President Bush Announces Intention to Nominate. (White House News Releases)
February 2002 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order: Amendment to Executive Order 13227, President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education. Nominations. (White House News Releases)
November 2003 Oct 3, 2008
News Archive - November, 2003. November 29, 2003 President Thanks Troops in Weekly Radio Address. (White House News Releases)
September 2003 Oct 3, 2008
Executive Order Volunteers for Prosperity ... Order Designation Under Executive Order 12958. (White House News Releases)
Editor's mailbag (Sept. 28) Oct 3, 2008
Please Google Executive Order 11110 JFK for more information about this. The Federal Reserve is not federal and there are no reserves. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
No burning in Logan County Oct 3, 2008
Published: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:04 AM CDT Due to current and predicted weather conditions and the extreme danger of forest fires in Logan County, Judge/Executive Logan Chick issued an executive order effective immediately on Sept. 26 that all outdoor burning in Logan County is prohibited until further notice. Chick urges everyone in Logan County to comply with this executive order so as to preserve Logan County's timber values but more importantly the preservation of lives, which are... (Russellville News Democrat Leader, KY)
A tighter rein on faith-based initiatives Oct 3, 2008
Though Mr. Bush's faith-based initiative, first announced in 2001, has never received congressional approval, the program has been expanded through executive order, and Bush recently announced that federal funding to religious groups grew to $2. 1 billion last year - about 11 percent of the total funds awarded to community groups. (Yahoo News -- Church-State Issues)
Letters for Friday, October 3, 2008 Oct 3, 2008
If the role of the SBA is expanded by executive order or congressional act, the money that is slated to be paid to banks for the bailout can be funneled into the SBA as needed, to provide the loans that the banks presently are reluctant to make. The banks have lots of money, but you can t blame them for tightening credit; they are scared stiff of not being paid back. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
New twist on government control of data: use of subpoenas Oct 3, 2008
Such practices became more formalized in 1940, when the Roosevelt administration issued the first executive order creating a classification system ... In March 2003, it issued a broad executive order that extended the authority to classify information from agencies like the Department of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
Rammell files felony complaint against Risch (197) Oct 3, 2008
So he called a news conference Friday morning in St. Anthony and had another one planned later Friday in Boise to "try the case in the media" before the voters of Idaho elect Risch, who Rammell claims broke the law by issuing the executive order calling for the shooting of Rammell's escaped elk ... At the news conference, Rammell first said it would not have mattered which governor issued the executive order to shoot his elk on sight. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Bush vetoes stem cell funds bill Oct 3, 2008
He also issued an executive order encouraging scientists to focus on ways to conduct research without using stem cells from human embryos. Mr Bush said advances must be pursued in a way "that respects human dignity and upholds our moral values". (Yahoo News -- Human Stem Cell Research)
More of this story Oct 3, 2008
But never mind the garden - at MOCA on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 7-10 p.m., Finishing School stages "Executive Order Karaoke" in the MOCA Grand Avenue sculpture plaza. Here, in a de facto open-air karaoke bar, participants are invited to sing their favorite mixes of George W. Bush's executive orders to popular music. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Two arrested for prostitution Oct 3, 2008
The Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs (GOCA) has received approximately 1,500 complaints of price gouging since Sept. 12 when Gov. Sonny Perdue signed an executive order implementing price-control statutes by declaring a state of emergency. "During a declared state of emergency, businesses may not sell any goods or services necessary to protect health, safety or property of citizens at prices higher than the prices at which those same goods or services or an increase in the cost of... (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Study: Pa. hospitals see lower death rates Sep 25, 2008
It was revived temporarily under an executive order that expires Nov. 30. On the Net. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
* Gender policy draws fire Sep 25, 2008
Before the MOI issued an executive order in October last year, it was sufficient for an FTM transsexual to apply for an official change of gender on a national ID card after completing two of three sex-change steps, but now, one has to finish all three before the [card] change, Wang Ping (), secretary-general of the Gender/Sexuality Rights Association in Taiwan (GSRAT), told the Taipei Times via telephone yesterday. Wang explained that the first step is the removal of the inner... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Arizona has questions about climate initiative Sep 25, 2008
Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Barbara Leff, R-Paradise Valley, said she doesn't think Napolitano has the authority to have Arizona participate in the cap-and-trade program by executive order. But Napolitano should present the issue to the Legislature anyway, said Leff. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Governor cuts, signs long-overdue budget Sep 25, 2008
His finance officials believe the state could see an additional $340 million in savings by maintaining some of the cost-saving measures contained in an earlier executive order by the governor, such as a hiring freeze, no overtime and not rehiring about 10,000 state workers that he laid off last month. As for cuts, the largest line-item veto was Schwarzenegger's elimination of a $150 million tax rebate program for the low-income elderly who rent and a similar $41 million rebate program for... (San Francisco Chronicle)
U.S. House votes to lift ban on offshore drilling Sep 25, 2008
There are two prohibitions on offshore drilling, one imposed by Congress and another by executive order signed by former President George H. W. Bush in 1990. Meanwhile, House passed a 25 billion dollars loan package for troubled automakers as part of a 630 billion dollars plus spending bill to keep the government running through March 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Gov. Blunt Tasks Missourians with Commemorating Civil War's 150th Anniversary (5) Sep 24, 2008
In March Gov. Blunt signed an executive order creating the Missouri Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and secured 200,000 to support its laudable goals of honoring and remembering the bravery and sacrifices Missourians made in the Civil War. Funding is through the Department of Natural Resources to help the commission carry out its mission. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
First look: Oliver Stone's 'W.' is not quite out of left field Sep 24, 2008
In one scene, Cheney presents him with an executive order authorizing "enhanced interrogation techniques" of detainees. The president approves the idea but warns, "Just remember, though, we don't use torture in this country." He then doesn't want to read a long report with the details, tosses the document on the table and says, "Only three pages. Good!". (USA Today -- Life)
Japanese students finally graduate, 60 years late Sep 24, 2008
After the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbour in 1941, the US government rounded up nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent - two-thirds of them US citizens - and sent them to "relocation centres" in remote parts of the West where they endured poor, overcrowded conditions and harboured growing resentment until President Franklin Roosevelt rescinded his own executive order in 1944. Also in this section. (Yahoo News -- Asian Americans)
Governor trims, signs state budget Sep 24, 2008
The employees, including some in the central San Joaquin Valley, were let go as part of an executive order that also froze hiring and limited overtime pay. The order will continue until the end of the fiscal year in June, saving the state about $340 million in 2008-09, officials said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Gov. Beshear approves additional gasoline distribution Sep 24, 2008
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear today signed an executive order allowing Kentucky fuel distributors to begin early distribution of a higher volatility gasoline that typically is not delivered to gas stations until October. Beshear took the action because the supply of lower volatility summer grade gasoline in Kentucky has been depleted and production has been hampered by recent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the governor s office said in a news release. (Louisville Business First, KY)
California Focus: Arnold recall would waste time and money Sep 24, 2008
Most important is the fact that he did not list the 30,000 prison guards among essential public workers who would be exempted from his so-far-thwarted executive order to temporarily reduce state employee salaries to the federal minimum wage of 6. 55 per hour. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
EPA Failing on Children's Environmental Health Issues Sep 24, 2008
The task force created by the executive order was intended to provide federal leadership and interagency coordination of children's health issues ... "the task force could have helped the federal government respond to the health and safety concerns that prompted the 2007 recall of 45 million toys and children's products, 30 million of them from China. Furthermore, since the provision of the executive order expired in 2005, the task force no longer reports the results of its efforts to the... (OMB Watch)
Michael J. Fox campaigns for stem cell research at UNH Sep 24, 2008
Fox, who publicly disclosed that he had Parkinson's disease in 2000, started a foundation and has lobbied strongly to free researchers from the executive order by President Bush in 2001 ... Sununu, who voted against congressional efforts in 2006 and 2007 to overturn Bush's executive order restricting research, responded by citing his support for new lines of stem cell research "without destroying human embryos.". (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Schwarzenegger signs budget Sep 24, 2008
It is unclear when an executive order that terminated 10,000 part-time and temporary employees will be lifted ... The state saved $340 million due to the budget delay and executive order, Schwarzenegger said. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Corzine to introduce ethics reforms today Sep 24, 2008
Some of the reforms would be accomplished immediately through executive order, while others would need legislative approval, according to a summary obtained by The Associated Press from a person familiar with the plan who did not want to be identified because the plan had not been formally announced. The executive order would. (The Trentonian, NJ)
As Prices Fall, Questions Remain Sep 24, 2008
Georgia s price gouging statute prevents retailers from selling goods or services at an unreasonable or egregious price, Perdue said upon signing the executive order Sept. 12. Georgia s price gouging statute does not prevent price increases that accurately reflect an increase in the cost of the goods or services to the retailer, an increase in the cost of transporting the goods or services into the area, or an increase due to the market forces of supply and demand. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Researchers hope for change on stem cell politics Sep 23, 2008
In 2001, Bush issued an executive order allowing only limited federal funding of work involving human embryonic stem cells. Congress has tried several times to loosen restrictions but Bush has vetoed every effort. (Scientific American)
Caldara: Would pull Amendment 49 if Ritter reverses executive order Sep 23, 2008
Conservative pundit Jon Caldara said Monday he ll withdraw Amendment 49 from the ballot if Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter rescinds last year s executive order allowing unions to represent state workers in contract negotiations. Evan Dreyer, a spokesman for Ritter, said Caldara s proposition felt more like a publicity stunt than a genuine offer. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Nashville ranks 40th on Greenest Cities list Sep 23, 2008
"Nashville s mayor, Karl Dean, recently signed an executive order creating a committee to oversee Nashville s environmental programs and help bring the city up to snuff when it comes to environmental planning," the study says. Calling the plan"a breath of fresh air," the study also cites Nashville's efforts to appoint a sustainability manager, reduce city energy consumption and improve air and water quality standards. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Michael J. Fox in Durham today Sep 23, 2008
Sununu voted twice in 2006 and 2007 against bills that would have overturned Bush's executive order to restrict research into existing embryos as of August 2001. The order does not prohibit privately funded stem cell research. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Creating trauma centers Sep 22, 2008
Advertisement Last week, Gov. Janet Napolitano issued an executive order aimed to improve the state s health care situation, specifically regarding what are known as trauma centers. Such centers focus on emergency medical issues, such as severe vehicle crash injuries. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Maui ocean resources finding way onto ferry Sep 21, 2008
In response to Maui residents' concerns, a state executive order banned using the Superferry to transport many ocean resources. Superferry official Richard Houck said he felt his employees were capable of doing the inspections and the taking of ocean resources has been small. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
The irrepressible and intimate Mochtar Lubis Sep 21, 2008
"Food rations at Nirbaya are no better than during the Old Order. The rations for the Gestapu/PKI detainees are worse. Hariman and I still get one piece of scrambled egg for lunch, and once in a while a perkedel (potato-based dumpling) in the morning or in the evening, with some cooked vegetables. "But the Gestapu/PKI prisoners get only one piece of tempeh (fermented soybean cake) or bean curd with vegetables morning, noon and night," Mochtar Lubis writes in a February-10-1975 entry. The... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
* Johnny Neihu's News Watch: STAPOC in the liquid-crystal ball Sep 20, 2008
Wu has invoked Article 39 of the Constitution and declared martial law (he calls it a softer, kinder, more loving martial law than the one in which Uncle died), revoked the referendum provision in the Constitution and by executive order redefined the free area of the Republic of China as coterminous with the Peoples Republic of China, including Outer Mongolia, South Tibet [Arunachal Pradesh], Liuqiu [Okinawa] and other occupied areas awaiting unification. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mortality rate after bypass surgery down in Pennsylvania Sep 19, 2008
An executive order issued by Gov. Ed Rendell in July authorizing the continuation of PHC4, an independent state agency, is set to expire on Nov. 30. PHC4 was shut down for eight days this summer after the General Assembly and Rendell failed to enact reauthorizing legislation by June 30 after the council s future was tied into the ongoing battle over health-care reform proposals. (Bizjournals.com)
Notice: Continuation Of The National Emergency With Respect To Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, Or Support Terrorism Sep 19, 2008
On September 23, 2001, by Executive Order 13224, I declared a national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). I took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the... (White House News Releases)
Union re-elects Schwarzenegger recall supporter Sep 19, 2008
And this summer, Schwarzenegger didn't exempt the union's members from an executive order intended to reduce pay for tens of thousands of state employees to deal with the state's budget crisis. Schwarzenegger spokesman Adam Mendelsohn denied that the governor was trying to break the union, and said the administration has negotiated in good faith for two years. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Hospitals looking at how to comply with trauma center order Sep 18, 2008
Based on an executive order issued by Gov. Janet Napolitano on Tuesday, the Arizona Department of Health Services will be working with the state s rural hospitals to help implement new services and upgrades aimed at transforming emergency rooms into certified trauma centers ... Paul Cimino, an emergency medical technician who is fire marshal and public information officer for the Sierra Vista Fire Department, applauded the executive order ... Gov. Janet Napolitano recently issued Executive Order... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
New twist on government control of data: use of subpoenas Sep 18, 2008
Such practices became more formalized in 1940, when the Roosevelt administration issued the first executive order creating a classification system ... In March 2003, it issued a broad executive order that extended the authority to classify information from agencies like the Department of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
Bush vetoes stem cell funds bill Sep 18, 2008
He also issued an executive order encouraging scientists to focus on ways to conduct research without using stem cells from human embryos. Mr Bush said advances must be pursued in a way "that respects human dignity and upholds our moral values". (Yahoo News -- Human Stem Cell Research)
U.S. sanctions 5 accused in Iraq violence Sep 17, 2008
The Treasury Department has the authority to act under an executive order President Bush signed in July 2007. The order allows the U.S. government to impose financial sanctions against those that threaten stability in Iraq. (MSNBC -- International)
Lawmakers vote to end 26-year ban on offshore drilling... Sep 17, 2008
In July, lifted an executive order that had blocked drilling on the outer continental shelf. Yesterday's action came two months after the average price of gas peaked at more than $4. (The Drudge Report)
N-D&L Photo/PAM CASSADY A rush for gas created a traffic jam at the Swifty station on Fourth Street Friday. Law enforcement officers came out to help with the situation as people hurried to get gas before the prices went up. Sep 17, 2008
In response to the dramatic spike in gas prices, Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order on Friday declaring a state of emergency to prevent price gouging in the commonwealth. I am outraged by the voracious practices of price gouging we are seeing, said Gov, Beshear. (Russellville News Democrat Leader, KY)
Republicans the cause of your woe Sep 17, 2008
desertique wrote on Sep 16, 2008 4:48 PM:" Everyone should review the executive orders bush has signed into place to be informed of the rights this administration is taking away from the electorate.These executive orders are in place forever unless the next president revokes them. Does anyone think McCain is going to revoke what Bush put in place.The executive branch has been holding back any progress congress can make through veto power and executive order. He has hijacked our right to... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
If Offshore Drilling is Banned, Veto the CR, Mr. President Sep 17, 2008
A couple of months ago, when gas first hovered above $4 a gallon, President Bush said he would turn his key and lift the executive order banning offshore drilling for oil if the Congress would lift its ban ... After it was apparent that the Democrat leadership wasn t going to act, he lifted the executive order and then called on Congress to lift its ban. (Human Events Online)
