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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-05-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Paragraph 7, Subdivision I, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules." 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
▪404), it is ordered that paragraph 7, Subdivision I, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "7.
Exec. Order No. 8424, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 28, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8424-amending-paragraph-7-subdivision-i-schedule-the-civil-service-rules.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 404), it is ordered that paragraph 7, Subdivision I, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "7. Any person employed in a foreign country or in the Virgin Islands, or in Puerto Rico when public exigency warrants, or in any island possession of the United States in the Pacific ocean (except the Hawaiian Islands), or United States citizens employed in the Philippine Islands, when in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission it is not practicable to treat the position as in the competitive classified service; but this paragraph shall not apply to any person employed in Canada or Mexico in the service of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Labor, or to any person employed in any foreign country by the Bureau of Customs of the Treasury Department." FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, May 28, 1940.
