President Barack Obama hit the oval office ground running. He has made it abundantly clear that his administration will follow a different set of standards than the previous one did, and he closely allied his standards with the law and constitution:
From Day 1 of his presidency, he began issuing key executive orders that fulfilled campaign promises. In this article, learn about President Obama's Executive Order — Presidential Records
President Barack Obama's first executive order, issued on the first full day of his presidency, marks a significant first step in keeping his campaign promise of a more transparent, more accountable government.
Obama's Executive Order — Presidential Records improves public access to presidential records from the present administration and all previous administrations by restoring a legal presumption that records not classified for security reasons should be released upon request unless the currently serving president specifically asks that they be withheld, and by limiting the ability of former presidents, former vice presidents, and the heirs of former presidents to block records requests by claiming executive privilege.
Under Obama's order, living former presidents are to be notified of records requests concerning their administrations, and are allowed to invoke executive privilege and request that the records be withheld, but the ultimate decision on whether to honor that request will lie with the incumbent president.
President Obama's order revokes a previous order, Executive Order 13233 by former President George W. Bush. Widely criticized by historians, journalists, and government transparency advocates, Bush's Executive Order 13233 allowed former presidents, former vice presidents, and even the heirs of former presidents and vice presidents broad powers to block presidential records from being released. Interestingly, Bush's Order 13233 revoked Executive Order 12667 — Presidential Records, which was issued by former President Ronald Reagan.
Reagan's executive order had required that requests by former presidents to withhold presidential records be approved by the sitting president, as Obama's new order does.
The National Coalition for History and the American Historical Association have expressed their approval of Obama's move to make presidential records more accessible to the public.
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