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Presidential Executive Order 13707 (Barack Obama, 2015)

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Executive Order 13707: Using Behavioral Science Insights To Better Serve the American People was a presidential executive order issued by President Barack Obama (D) in September 2015 that sought to use methods of behavioral science to streamline federal programs. The order argued that behavioral science "can be used to design government policies to better serve the American people."[1]

Background

President Barack Obama (D) issued Executive Order 13707, titled "Using Behavioral Science Insights To Better Serve the American People," on September 15, 2015. The executive order created a system with the goal of using behavioral science to improve federal programs: "A growing body of evidence demonstrates that behavioral science insights—research findings from fields such as behavioral economics and psychology about how people make decisions and act on them—can be used to design government policies to better serve the American people."[1]

The order directed executive departments and agencies to identify programs to be improved by behavioral science and directed the Social and Behavioral Science Team (SBST), a subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council, to provide agencies with guidance to improve programs.[1]

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Policy directive

Section 1 of E.O. 13707 encouraged executive agencies to identify programs and policies where "behavioral science insights may yield substantial improvements in public welfare, program outcomes, and program cost effectiveness." It directed the departments to develop strategies for applying behavioral science to improve programs and test behavioral science insights to test their impact. Section 1 of E.O. 13707 directed executive departments and agencies to recruit behavioral science experts to join federal agencies as well as strengthen agency relationships with the behavioral science community to use empirical findings from behavioral science.[1]

Section 1 of E.O. 13707 directed agencies to implement policy directives by identifying opportunities for the use of social science, improving how information is presented to individuals involved in federal programs, identifying programs that offer choices and improving the structure and presentation of those choices, and reviewing elements of policies designed to encourage citizens to "take specific actions, such as saving for retirement or completing education programs."[1]

Implementation of behavioral science insights

Section 2 of E.O. 13707 identified the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) to provide agencies with advice and policy guidance on social science insights for federal programs. It directed the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) to release a yearly report summarizing agency implementation of social science insights. Section 2 gave the chair of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) authority to issue guidance to assist agencies in implementing E.O. 13707.[1]

Aftermath

SBST produced two reports following the implementation of E.O. 13707. It addressed programs administered by the federal government on behalf of the American people and advised ways in which those programs could become more accessible to the American people. It suggested changes to financial aid to assist with college access, social insurance programs, tax incentives to promote retirement, health insurance programs, financial protection for families, and disclosure requirements for mortgages.[2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Federal Register, Executive Order 13707, accessed March 7, 2023
  2. ↑ SBST, About SBST, accessed April 11, 2023
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