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This executive order, signed by President Jimmy Carter on 1977-12-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Energy Department Employees." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪7101 et seq.) shall be considered as Career or Career-Conditional service, respectively, for purposes of eligibility for reinstatement in the competitive Civil Service.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
139
869 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 12026, Jimmy Carter (Dec 5, 1977). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12026-energy-department-employees.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
REINSTATEMENT RIGHTS OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY By virtue of the authority vested in me by Sections 3301 and 3302 of Title 5 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States of America, the service of an employee of the Atomic Energy Commission or of the Energy Research and Development Administration pursuant to a Regular or Regular (Conditional) appointment, other than such service in an attorney position, who was transferred to the Department of Energy pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act (91 Stat. 565; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) shall be considered as Career or Career-Conditional service, respectively, for purposes of eligibility for reinstatement in the competitive Civil Service. JIMMY CARTER The White House, December 5, 1977. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:58 p.m., December 5, 1977]
