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Harry Truman: To the extent no inconsistent with this order, appointments and position changes in the competitive service shall be…

On the recordNovember 12, 1950
To the extent no inconsistent with this order, appointments and position changes in the competitive service shall be made in accordance with civil service laws, rules, and regulations, and appointments and position changes outside the competitive service shall be made in accordance with such regulations and practices as the head of the agency concerned shall find necessary.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 10180—Establishing Special Personnel Procedures in the Interest of the National Defense

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