President George W. Bush launched a vital reorientation of government when, 20 years ago today, on January 29, 2001, he signed Executive Order 13199 to…
What will be the name, and more importantly, the task, vision, and approach of President Biden’s initiative?
The Trump administration has clarified and thus strengthened the religious employer exemption in the regulations governing federal contracting by adding a series of definitions to those regulations. The uncertainty about the religious exemption was caused when the Obama administration banned employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors.
Just before last November’s election, two insightful Washington influentials published a memo of advice to the next presidential administration on what to do about issues concerning religion in public life, including the faith-based initiative. A Time to Heal, A Time to Build, by Melissa Rogers and E. J. Dionne, is an important and wide-ranging set of recommendations.
On December 17, 2020, the outgoing Trump administration published a consolidated Final Rule amending the equal treatment regulations governing federal funding in the major agencies that support social assistance programs. These include the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Agency for International Development.