Executive Order 10805 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10805—Designating the Central Intelligence Agency as Excepted From Certain Provisions of the Government Employees Training Act

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Wednesday, February 18, 1959

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1 min read (267 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1959-02-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designating the Central Intelligence Agency as Excepted From Certain Provisions of the Government Employees Training Act." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ The Central Intelligence Agency is hereby designated as excepted from the following-described provisions of the Government Employees Training Act: (a) Sections 2(4), 6, 9(b) (1), 11, 12, 15, 16, and 18.

▪ 10800 of January 15, 1959, is hereby amended by deleting the reference to "section 5" and the reference to "section 5 (b)" and by inserting in lieu thereof "section 4" and "section 4 (b)", respectively.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

267

1,602 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10805, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Feb 18, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10805-designating-the-central-intelligence-agency-excepted-from-certain.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

WHEREAS section 4(b) of the Government Employees Training Act (Public Law 85-507; 72 Stat. 329) authorizes the President to except departments and agencies or any of their employees from that act or any provisions thereof other than sections 4, 21, and 22, whenever he deems such action to be in the public interest; and WHEREAS I have determined that it would be in the public interest to except the Central Intelligence Agency from certain provisions of that act: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 (b) of the Government Employees Training Act, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Central Intelligence Agency is hereby designated as excepted from the following-described provisions of the Government Employees Training Act: (a) Sections 2(4), 6, 9(b) (1), 11, 12, 15, 16, and 18. (b) The last sentence of section 5. (c) That part of section 7 which reads "shall conform, on or after the effective date of the regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 6 of this Act, to the principles, standards, and related requirements contained in such regulations then current,". (d) That part of section 10 which reads "in accordance with regulations issued by the Commission under authority of section 6(a) (8)." SEC. 2. Section 2 of Executive Order No. 10800 of January 15, 1959, is hereby amended by deleting the reference to "section 5" and the reference to "section 5 (b)" and by inserting in lieu thereof "section 4" and "section 4 (b)", respectively. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, February 18, 1959.