President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity

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The President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity was a federal body established in the early 1960s to promote and enforce nondiscriminatory hiring and employment practices within the U.S. government and its contractors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal committee ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
aimsToProtect African American workers ⓘ
minority workers ⓘ
other disadvantaged groups ⓘ
appliesTo U.S. federal government employment ⓘ
U.S. government contractors ⓘ
chairperson Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Executive Order 10925 ⓘ
dissolved 1965 ⓘ
enforces nondiscrimination in employment conditions by federal contractors ⓘ
nondiscrimination in hiring by federal contractors ⓘ
nondiscrimination in promotion by federal contractors ⓘ
establishedDuring presidency of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
focusesOn civil rights in employment ⓘ
employment discrimination ⓘ
foundedBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
hasAbbreviation PCEEO ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal contractors receiving government funds ⓘ
hasMember representatives of federal agencies ⓘ
hasPurpose enforce nondiscriminatory employment practices ⓘ
enforce nondiscriminatory hiring practices ⓘ
promote equal employment opportunity ⓘ
historicalContext Kennedy administration civil rights initiatives ⓘ
inception 1961 ⓘ
introducedConcept affirmative action in federal contracting ⓘ
jurisdiction federal employment practices ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 10925 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandateIncludes investigation of discrimination complaints in federal contracting ⓘ
review of employment practices of federal agencies ⓘ
monitors compliance with nondiscrimination clauses in federal contracts ⓘ
policyArea affirmative action ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
labor policy ⓘ
replacedBy Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
successor Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
Office of Federal Contract Compliance ⓘ
timePeriod early 1960s ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction executive branch committee ⓘ
viceChairperson Arthur Goldberg ⓘ
linked to: Arthur J. Goldberg

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Executive Order 10925 → creates → President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity ⓘ
Executive Order 10925 → hasCommittee → President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity ⓘ
President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity → replacedBy → President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing ⓘ
linked to: President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity