Executive Order 11246
This page analyzes a single policy using structured scoring, historical evidence, source quality, and measurable outcomes.
Summary
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.
How to Read This Record
Impact Reading
Very high documented impact
Evidence Base
Moderate evidence from Government sources.
Data Completeness
Good record with 2 sources and 0 metrics.
Outcome Summary
Became one of the central administrative tools for equal-employment enforcement in federal contracting and helped institutionalize affirmative-action style compliance in the workplace.
Categories
Impact Scores
This score is a structured measure of how directly and materially this policy affected Black communities, weighted by evidence, durability, and equity. Harm offset reduces the total score.
Total Impact Score
37
Directness
4
How explicitly the policy targeted or affected Black communities.
Material Impact
5
The practical real-world effect on conditions, rights, or outcomes.
Evidence
5
Strength of sourcing and historical support for the assessment.
Durability
5
How lasting the effects of the policy were over time.
Equity
5
Whether the policy advanced fairness, inclusion, or equal access.
Harm Offset
1
Any offsetting harms, limitations, exclusions, or contradictory effects that reduce the total.
Scoring Notes: A durable and highly consequential administrative civil-rights framework.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Issue Executive Order 11246 on nondiscrimination and affirmative action in federal contractingJohnson issued Executive Order 11246, creating a stronger executive framework for nondiscrimination and affirmative-action enforcement in federal contracting and laying groundwork for later expansion under Nixon.
Suggested Relationships
These policies may be related based on shared categories, era, and proximity in time.
1961 • Executive Order • Democratic Party
Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 3 • Year Distance: 4
1964 • Law • Democratic Party
Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 1
1970 • Law • Republican Party
Civil Rights Era • Mixed
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 5
1972 • Law • Republican Party
Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 7
1974 • Law • Republican Party
Civil Rights Era • Mixed
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 9
1956 • Law • Republican Party
Civil Rights Era • Negative
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 9
1971 • Court Case • Unknown party
Post Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 6
1974 • Law • Republican Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 9
Sources
Executive Order 11246--Equal employment opportunity
National Archives • Government
Published: Sep 24, 1965
Official codified order text, including contract-compliance structure and supersession of earlier equal-employment orders.
View sourceExecutive Order 11246
U.S. Department of Labor • Government
Department of Labor page describing the order's long-running federal contractor obligations and historical role.
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