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Executive order. In the United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. [ 1] The legal or constitutional basis for executive orders has multiple sources. Article Two of the United States Constitution gives presidents broad executive and enforcement ...
The executive functions are among the last mental functions to reach maturity. This is due to the delayed maturation of the prefrontal cortex, which is not completely myelinated until well into a person's third decade of life. Development of executive functions tends to occur in spurts, when new skills, strategies, and forms of awareness emerge.
Presidential directive. A presidential directive, or executive action, [ 1] is a written or oral [ note 1] instruction or declaration issued by the president of the United States, which may draw upon the powers vested in the president by the U.S. Constitution, statutory law, or, in certain cases, congressional and judicial acquiescence. [ 2]
Executive dysfunction. In psychology and neuroscience, executive dysfunction, or executive function deficit, is a disruption to the efficacy of the executive functions, which is a group of cognitive processes that regulate, control, and manage other cognitive processes. [ 1] Executive dysfunction can refer to both neurocognitive deficits and ...
1981: Executive Order 12333: Strengthened management of the United States Intelligence Community. 1982: Executive Order 12372: [27] Intergovernmental Review of federal programs. 1986: Executive Order 12564: Drug-Free Federal Workplace. 1987: Executive Order 12601: President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic.
Executive Order 9981. Executive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin " in the United States Armed Forces. The Order led to the re-integration of the services during the Korean War (1950–1953). [ 1]
Executive privilege is the right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to maintain confidential communications under certain circumstances within the executive branch and to resist some subpoenas and other oversight by the legislative and judicial branches of government in pursuit of particular information or personnel relating to those confidential ...
Executive Decision. Executive Decision is a 1996 American action thriller film [ 2] directed by Stuart Baird (in his directorial debut) and written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, who also produced the film with Joel Silver. It stars Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet and B.D. Wong.