Obama signs order banning discrimination of LGBT contractors

Federal Times: President Obama signed an executive order July 21 barring federal contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. . Nearly 200 lawmakers had signed a March 18 letter to the White House urging the administration to take action on its own after legslation stalled in the House.

Colleen Kelley, the president of the National Treasury Employees Union, said in a statement the union supported the executive order.

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