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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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