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The Desk · Actions · Executive order

Executive Order 13489

Signed
Jan 21, 2009
Kind
Executive order
Document
13489
Presidency
Barack Obama

Established policies for asserting executive privilege over presidential records and revoked EO 13233.

Why tracked

Ledger editorial note, not a Federal Register abstract.

Day-one Obama records order that revoked Bush EO 13233 and restored broader PRA access norms.

Topics: records · transparency · historical

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