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Executive Order 11222

Prescribing standards of ethical conduct for Government officers and employees

Signed by Lyndon Baines Johnson on May 8, 1965.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordMay 8, 1965

The date the President signed it.

Publication record30 FR 6469

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Primary evidence

The official record

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Reference number
eo-11222
Official source
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Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 11222: Prescribing standards of ethical conduct for Government officers and employees." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11222.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_11222,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 11222: Prescribing standards of ethical conduct for Government officers and employees}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11222}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-11222; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1965.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 27, 2026}
}
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The order itself

As signed

The complete text of the order.

Later record

What happened to this order

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

Revokes EO 10939, May 5, 1961; EO 11125, October 29, 1963; Memorandum of May 2, 1963
Revokes in part EO 10530, May 10, 1954
Amended by EO 11590, April 23, 1971; EO 12107, December 28, 1978; EO 12565, September 25, 1986
Revoked by EO 12674, April 12, 1989
See EO 11408, April 25, 1968 (according to Civil Service Commission EO 11222 supersedes orders revoked by EO 11408); EO 11560, November 24, 1970; EO 12731, October 17, 1990

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

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