Executive Order 1062—Directing Heads of Departments to Comply with Congressional Resolutions Requesting Information When in the Public Interest
April 14, 1909
In all cases where, by resolution of the Senate or House of Representatives, a head of a Department is called upon to furnish information, he is hereby directed to comply with such resolution, except when, in his judgment, it would be incompatible with the public interest, in which case he should refer the matter to the President for his direction.
WM. H. TAFT.
THE WHITE HOUSE, April 14, 1909.
William Howard Taft, Executive Order 1062—Directing Heads of Departments to Comply with Congressional Resolutions Requesting Information When in the Public Interest Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/364899