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Issued by President John F. Kennedy, this order established the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and included a condition that government contractors “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.” It also gave federal contracting agencies authority to institute procedures against federal contractors who violated their EEO obligations, including contract cancellation, debarment from future contracts, and other sanctions. This order is significant in that it was the first use of the term affirmative action, and it set the stage for future orders that address socioeconomic disparities.