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VOLUME 12

UTTERA
SCRIPTA I

V 7 , XV

1934
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NUMBER 3

Washington, Saturday, January 4, 1947
TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9817
R e g u l a t io n s G o v e r n in g A w a r d s to F ed
eral E m p l o y e e s fo r M e r it o r io u s S u g
g e s t io n s AND FOR EXCEPTIONAL OR MERI
TORIOUS S er vic e
By virtue of and pursuant to the au thority vested in me by section 14 of the act of August 2, 1946 Public Law 600, 79th Congress, I hereby prescribe the following rules and regulations govern ing the payment of awards for meritori ous suggestions of civilian officers and employees and for the incurring of expenses for honorary recognition of exceptional or meritorious service:
S e c t io n 1. Any civilian officer or em ployee of a department as the word department is defined in section 18
of the said act of August 2, 1946 who makes a suggestion, in such form and manner as his department shall require, which is adopted for use in the depart ment on or after August 2, 1946, and, in the judgment of the department head or other duly authorized authority in the department, has resulted or will result in improvement or economy in the opera tions of the department by way of mone tary savings, increased efficiency, con servation of property, improved em ployee-working conditions, better service to the public, or otherwise, shall be eligi ble for consideration for a cash award, A former civilian officer or employee or his estate shall be similarly eligible for awards for such suggestions made while in the service of the department.
S e c . 2. Whenever a suggestion is deter
mined to be meritorious and is adopted solely or primarily because it will result or has resulted in the saving of money, the amount of the award shall be based on the amount, of the annual es timated saving in the first year of op eration in accordance with the following table, unless for special reasons the head of the department shall determine, sub ject to the limitations prescribed in the said act, that a different amount is justi fied:

SaiAngs
Awards $10 for each $200 of sav ings with a minimum o f $10 for any adopted suggestion.
$ 1, 000 -$ 10 , 000 .
$50 for the first $1,000 of savings, and $25 for each additional $1,000
of savings.
$10,00U-$100,000___ $275 for the first $10,000
of savings, and $50 for each additional $10,000 of savings.
$100,00 or more__ $725 for the first $100,000 of savings, and $100 for each addi tional $100,000 of sav ings; provided that w ith the exception of the W ar and -Navy De partments the maxi mum award for any one suggestion shall not exceed $1,000.

$1-$1,000___

S e c . 3. When a suggestion is adopted primarily upon the basis of improvement in the operations or services of the de partment, the department shall deter mine the amount of the award commen surate with the benefits anticipated from the suggestion. Whenever the head of a department believes that a suggestion he has adopted would benefit the Govern ment service generally, he may report it to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget for dissemination to all depart ments.
S e c . 4. At the end of each fiscal year each department shall report to the D i rector of the Bureau of the Budget the number of employee suggestions sub mitted, the number of such suggestions adopted, the total amount of cash awards, and the total amount of esti mated annual savings. .
S e c . 5. A department may provide for
the purchase and award of appropriate certificates, medals, or other emblems, in honorary recognition of service which is determined by the head of the depart ment to be exceptional or meritorious.
S e c . 6. No award shall be paid for any suggestion which is not adopted for use within five years from the date the sug gestion is received by the department.
Any department may, in its discretion, Continued on p. 59

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order
Pase
Awards to Federal employees for meritorious suggestions and for e x c e p t i o n a l or meritorious service____ ______________ ______

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See also Commodity Credit Corpo ration; Dairy Industry Bureau.
Rules and regulations:
Citrus fruits in California and Arizona; limitation of ship ments:
Lemons___________________. . . .
Oranges___ .______________ 1
Price decontrol and recontrol:
Agricultural commodities in short supply; certification.
Agricultural commodities not important in relation to business costs or living costs________________________
Special Commodities Branch;
inspection of naval stores____
Tobacco, flue-cured and burley, marketing quotas, 1947-48___

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Alien Property, Office of Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Deutsche B a n k ________________
Inter-Allied Patent Corp____
King, Elizabeth P ____________
Sahlender, Herman Friderich.
Spenner, Gertrude Spiegel___
Tagami, Tojuro______________
Taniguchi, Masatsu__________

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Civil Aeronautics Board Notices:
British Overseas Airways Corp., hearing_____________________
Rules and regulations:
Rules of practice governing safety cases and petitions for waivers of civil air regulations C orr.________________________

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Civil Service Commission Rules and regulations:
Removals and reductions; re tention preference regarding reduction in force_________
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