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The Desk · Actions · Executive order

Executive Order 13233

Signed
Nov 1, 2001
Kind
Executive order
Document
13233
Presidency
George W. Bush

Set procedures for asserting constitutionally based privileges over presidential records held by NARA.

Why tracked

Ledger editorial note, not a Federal Register abstract.

Tightened access to presidential records after the Presidential Records Act; later revoked by Obama EO 13489.

Topics: records · transparency · historical

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