Executive Order 11478
Executive Order 11478,signed by U.S. PresidentRichard M. Nixonon August 8, 1969, prohibiteddiscriminationin thecompetitive serviceof the federal civilian workforce on certain grounds. The order was later amended to cover additional protected classes.
Provisions[edit]
Executive Order 11478 covered the federal civilian workforce, including theUnited States Postal Serviceand civilian employees of theUnited States Armed Forces.It prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, and age.[1]It required all departments and agencies to take affirmative steps to promote employment opportunities for those classes it covered.[1]
Executive Order 11478 assigned theEqual Employment Opportunity Commissionresponsibility for directing the implementation of the Order's policies and to issue rules to promote its principles. Agencies were in turn required to abide by those rules and produce any reports the EEOC required.[1]
Following the release of Executive Order 11478, the Federal Women's Program (FWP) was integrated into the EEOC program and placed under the direction of EEOC for each agency.[2]
The Federal Personnel Manual 713 was issued to carry out Executive Order 11478.[3]
Amendments[edit]
On April 23, 1971, Executive Order 11590 amended Executive Order 11478 to apply to the recently reorganized United States Postal Service and to the newly established Postal Rate Commission.[4]
On December 28, 1978, Executive Order 12106 amended Executive order 11478 to transfer certain functions of the Civil Service Commission to the EEOC.[5]
On May 28, 1998, PresidentBill ClintonsignedExecutive Order 13087,which amended Executive Order 11478 to add sexual orientation to the list of classes covered.[6]
On May 2, 2000,
Executive Order 13152amended Executive Order 11478 to add "status as a parent" to the list of categories and defined that term in detail.[7]
On July 21, 2014,Executive Order 13672amended Executive Order 11478 andExecutive Order 11246to add sexual orientation and gender identity.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abcFederal Register:Executive Order 11478: Equal employment opportunity in the Federal Government,accessed June 20, 2011
- ^Helene S. Markoff, "The Federal Women's Program,"Public Administration Review,vol. 32, no. 2, 144-5
- ^U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service:Federal Women's Program[permanent dead link],accessed June 20, 2011
- ^Federal Register:Executive Order 11590 of April 23, 1971,accessed June 20, 2011
- ^Federal Register:Executive Order 12106: Transfer of certain equal employment enforcement functions,accessed June 20, 2011
- ^Federal Register:Executive Order 13087 of May 28, 1998ArchivedNovember 18, 2004, at theWayback Machine,accessed June 20, 2011
- ^Federal Register:Executive Order 13152 of May 2, 2000,accessed June 20, 2011
- ^"Executive Order -- Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity".whitehouse.gov.Office of the Press Secretary. July 21, 2014.RetrievedJuly 21,2014– viaNational Archives.