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On the recordOctober 10, 1962
The Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and authorized to exercise the authority conferred upon the President by the provisions of Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 504 of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11056—Assigning to the Civil Service Commission Certain Authority With Respect to Federal Salaries

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