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presidential memorandum

noun

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  1. A legally binding directive issued by the President of the United States, typically…

    A legally binding directive issued by the President of the United States, typically requiring one or more government agencies to carry out specified actions or to commence a regulatory process.

    • 17 The Council on Economic Policy, established in February 1973 by Richard Nixon, was formally created by presidential memorandum, generally considered less prestigious than an executive order. The September 19 Haig memorandum to ...
    • Not surprisingly, agencies faced with massive hiring have concerns about making the process both faster and more user-friendly, and the presidential memorandum responds to those concerns quite concretely. As we saw earlier, currently, ...
    • 14, edited by L. Galambos and D. van Ee, Part II, Chapter 5, Document #373, p. 461 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996). © 1996 The Johns Hopkins University Press, used by permission. This presidential memorandum ...

  2. Alternative letter-case form of presidential memorandum.

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