Achieving the target should be done “to the extenteconomically feasible and technically practicable,” according to the directive.

To get there, Obama set interim targets as follows:

*Not less than 10% in fiscal year 2015;

*Not less than 15% in fiscal years 2016 and 2017;

*Not less than 17.5% in fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

The federal government’s fiscal year is 1 October through 30September.

The executivebranch of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the Presidentand the 15 United States federal executive departments, whose secretariesbelong to the presidential Cabinet.