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On the recordJanuary 16, 1962
WHEREAS the public interest requires the maintenance of high standards of employee performance and integrity in the public service, prompt administrative action where such standards are not met and safeguards to protect employees against arbitrary or unjust adverse actions;
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 10987—Agency Systems for Appeals from Adverse Actions

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