Revocation of Executive Order 12834
Revokes Ethics Commitments for Executive Branch Appointees, Effective 2001
What it does
Federal agencies must recognize that the prior ethics order is revoked and its ethics commitments no longer apply to covered employees after January 20, 2001.
Real-world impact
- Removes ethics obligations for covered executive branch appointees after January 20, 2001.
- Employees and former employees previously bound are released from those commitments.
- Changes which ethics rules apply to certain federal officials and former officials.
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Summary
This order cancels a prior ethics directive (Executive Order 12834) and makes that cancellation effective at noon on January 20, 2001. It says that employees and former employees who had been subject to those ethics commitments will no longer be bound by them after that time.
The rule affects executive branch appointees and other government employees covered by the earlier order. It matters because it removes previously required ethics obligations for those individuals, changing the rules that had governed their conduct.
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