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Executive Order 10865

Safeguarding Classified Information Within Industry

Signed by Dwight David Eisenhower on February 20, 1960.

Later amended
Signed recordFebruary 20, 1960

The date the President signed it.

Publication record25 FR 1583

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

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Reference number
eo-10865
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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 10865: Safeguarding Classified Information Within Industry [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10865

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 10865: Safeguarding Classified Information Within Industry." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10865.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_10865,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 10865: Safeguarding Classified Information Within Industry}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10865}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-10865; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1960.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 27, 2026}
}
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Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Amended by EO 10909, January 17, 1961; EO 11382, November 28, 1967; EO 12038, February 3, 1978; EO 12829, January 6, 1993; EO 13284, January 23, 2003
See EO 11633, December 3, 1971; EO 11652, March 8, 1972; EO 13467, June 30, 2008; Directive of May 17, 1972 (37 FR 10053)

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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