Executive Order
Executive Order 11246
Required federal contractors and subcontractors to refrain from employment discrimination and authorized the Secretary of Labor to administer and enforce equal employment opportunity obligations in federal contracting.
Year
1965
Impact
Positive
Status
Expired
Party
Democratic Party
Era
Civil Rights Era
Impact Context
Became one of the central administrative tools for equal-employment enforcement in federal contracting and helped institutionalize affirmative-action style compliance in the workplace.
What This Policy Did
Became one of the central administrative tools for equal-employment enforcement in federal contracting and helped institutionalize affirmative-action style compliance in the workplace.
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Sources
National Archives • Government • Sep 24, 1965
Official codified order text, including contract-compliance structure and supersession of earlier equal-employment orders.
U.S. Department of Labor • Government
Department of Labor page describing the order's long-running federal contractor obligations and historical role.