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President Obama issued the following Executive Orders and Memorandums today, Friday, April 5, 2013. Executive Order -- Continuanc​e of Advisory Council Executive Order -- Adjustment​s of Certain Rates of Pay Presidenti​al Memorandum -- Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates that are set by Administra​tive Discretion Presidenti​al Memorandum -- Delegation of Functions Under Sections 404 and 406 of Public Law 112-208   While not an Executive Order or Memorandum, the president also today issued a new policy directive on security sector assistance.    The goals of this new policy are to:  help partner nations build the sustainable capacity to address common security challenges; promote partner support for the policies and interests of the United States; strengthen collective security and multinational defense arrangements and organizations; and promote universal values.    Also released today are the  job numbers for the m...

Today, Vice President Joe Biden held a Middle Class Task Force event on solutions for families balancing the dual demands of work and caring for family.  The Vice President and members of the White House Middle Class Task Force and Council on Women and Girls announced recommendations from the Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force and discussed the Administration’s ongoing commitment to improving work-family balance for all Americans. Chair of the White House Middle Class Task Force, Vice President Biden said: “Women make up nearly half of all workers on U.S. payrolls, and two-thirds of families with children are headed either by two working parents or by a single parent who works. Yet, the workplace has, for the most part, not changed to reflect these realities – and it must.  Closing the gender pay gap, helping parents keep their jobs while balancing family responsibilities, and increasing workplace flexibility – these are not only women’s issues, they are issues of mi...

President Obama Remarks On Anniversary of The Equal Pay Act "On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay A ct , which sought to end wage discrimination on the basis of sex. At the time, women were paid 59 cents for every dollar earned by men. 47 years later, pay parity remains far from reality, as women in the United States still only earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. For women of color, this gap is even wider. This remains unacceptable, as it was when the Act was signed. All women – and their families – deserve equal pay. Women now make up nearly half of the nation’s workforce, most homes have two working parents, and 60 percent of all women work full-time. As we emerge from one of the worst recessions in American history, when families are struggling to pay their bills and save for the future, pay inequity only deepens that struggle and hampers our economy’s ability to fully recover. But we have taken some important steps to address...