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FEDERAL
VOLUME 18

REGISTER
1934

NUMBER 82

iflV IT E O

Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 1953

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10450
S e c u r it y R e q u ir e m e n t s f o r G overnm ent E m p l o y m e n t
WHEREAS the interests of the na tional security require that all persons privileged to be employed in the depart ments and agencies of the Government, shall be reliable, trustworthy, of good conduct and character, and of complete and unswerving loyalty to the United States; and WHEREAS the American tradition that all persons should receive fair, im partial, and equitable treatment at the hands of the Government requires that all persons seeking the privilege of em ployment or privileged to be employed in the departments and agencies of the Government be adjudged by mutually consistent and no less than minimum standards and procedures among the departments and agencies governing the employment and retention in employ ment of persons in the Federal service:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitu tion and statutes of the United States, including section 1753 o f the Revised Statutes of the United States 5 U. S. C.
631; the Civil Service Act of 1883 22
Stat. 403; 5 U. S. C. 632, et seq. ; section 9A of the act of August 2, 1939, 53 Stat.
1148 5 U. S. C. 118 j ; and the act of August 26, 1950, 64 Stat. 476 5 U. S. C.
22-1, et seq., and as President of the United States, and deeming such action necessary in the best interests of the national security, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the depart ments and agencies specified in the said 8t of August 26, 1950, and Executive Order No. 10237 of April 26, 1951, the Provisions of that act shall apply to all other departments and agencies of the Government.
Sec. 2. The head of each department and agency of the Government shall be responsible for establishing and main taining within his department or agency an effective program to insure that the employment and retention in employ ment of any civilian officer or employee
within the department or agency is CONTENTS
clearly consistent with the interests of the national security.
THE PRESIDENT
S e c . 3. a The appointment of each Executive O rder Pae civilian officer or employee in any depart Security requirements for Govemment or agency of the Government shall 2489
ernment employment__________
be made subject to investigation. The scope of the investigation shall be deter EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
mined in the first instance according to the degree of adverse effect the occupant Agriculture Department of the position sought to be filled could See Production and Marketing Administration. .
bring about, by virtue of the nature of the position, on the national security, but Air Force Department in no event shall the investigation in Rules and regulations:
clude less than a national agency check Civilian personnel; security re including a check o f the fingerprint files quirements fo r Government of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, employment_________________ 2501
and written inquiries to appropriate lo cal law-enforcement agencies, former A lien Property Office employers and supervisors, references, Notices :
Vested property, notices of in and schools attended by the person under tention to return:
investigation: Provided, that upon re Barth, Jack, et al____________
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quest of the head of the department or Brignani, Giuseppina, et al 2513
agency concerned, the Civil Service Com Cellitti, Amedeo, et al______ 2513
mission may, in its discretion, authorize Coen, Luisa, et al_____________ 2514
such less investigation as may meet the Krogh, Erik Viggo___________
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requirements of the national security Meyer, Heinrich C. A ________ 2514
with respect to per-diem, intermittent, Pneumatiques et Caoutchouc temporary, or seasonal employees, or Manufacture Kleber-Coaliens employed outside the United lombes____________________
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States.
Should there develop at any stage of investigation information indi Arm y Department cating that the employment of any such See Engineers Corps.
person may not be clearly consistent with Civil Aeronautics Adm inistra the interests of the national security, tion there shall be conducted with respect to such person a full field investigation, or Rules and regulations:
Danger areas; alterations______ 2500
such less investigation as shall be suffi cient to enable the head of the depart Ckvlt Aeronautics Board ment or agency concerned to determine Notices:
whether retention of such person is Wiggins renewal investigation clearly consistent with the interests of case; postponement of oral the national security.
argument____________________ 2510
b The head of any department or Civil Service Commission agency shall designate, or cause to be designated, any position within his de Rules and regulations:
Exceptions from the competitive partment or agency the occupant of service; Schedule C__________
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which could bring about, by virtue of Security requirements for Gov the nature of the position, a material ernment employment:
adverse effect on the national security Appeals of preference eligias a sensitive position. Any position so bles_______________________
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designated shall be filled or occupied Appointment through com petitive system____________ 2493
only by a person with respect to whom a full field investigation has been con Commerce Department ducted : Provided, that a person occupySee International Trade Office;
Continued, on p. 2491
National Production Authority.
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