Executive Order 13989

Executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden

Executive Order 13989
"Ethic Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel"
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TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number13989
Signed byJoe Biden on January 20, 2021 (2021-01-20)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number2021-01762
Publication date20 January 2021
Summary
Guaranteeing the Executive Branch makes ethical commitments.

Executive Order 13989, officially titled Ethic Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel, was signed on January 20, 2021, and is the fifth executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden. The order works to guarantee that the Executive Branch makes ethical commitments.[1]

Provisions

This order declares that each appointee shall sign, and contractually agree upon, the following commitment upon his or her nomination in any executive agency appointed on or after January 20, 2021. It states, ”I recognize that this pledge is part of a broader ethics in government plan designed to restore and maintain public trust in government, and I commit myself to conduct consistent with that plan. I commit to decision-making on the merits and exclusively in the public interest, without regard to private gain or personal benefit. I commit to conduct that upholds the independence of law enforcement and precludes improper interference with investigative or prosecutorial decisions of the Department of Justice. I commit to ethical choices of post-Government employment that do not raise the appearance that I have used my Government service for private gain, including by using confidential information acquired and relationships established for the benefit of future clients.”[2]

Effects

The order aims to ensure that those in the Executive Branch will not accept bribes from lobbyists, engage in activities with a former employer, communicate with outsiders about the work they do, accept money from a former employer, and that they make hirings based on a person's qualifications, with the goal of restoring and maintaining public trust in the government.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Executive Order 13989: Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel". Homeland Security Digital Library. January 25, 2021. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel". Federal Register. January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Executive Orders". Cornell Law School. January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

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