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II--17# Executive Order 10450## Security Requirements For Government EmploymentWHEREAS the interests of the national security require that all persons privileged to be employed in the departments and agencies of the Government, shall be reliable. trust- worthy, of good conduct and character, and of complete and unswerving loyalty to the United States; andWHEREAS the American tradition that all persons should receive fair, impartial, and equitable treatment at the bands of the Govern- ment requires that ai persons seeking the privilege of employment or privileged to be employed in the departments and agencies of the. Government be adjudged by mutually consistent and no le than minimum standards zud pivcedures among the deparinieris und agencies governing the employment and reten- tion in employment of persons in the Federal service:NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 631); the Civil Service Act of 1883 (22. Stat 403; 5. U S. C. 632, et seq.); section GA of the act of August 2, 1939, 53 Stat. 1148 (5 U. S. C..118 j); and the act of August 26, 1950, 04 Siut. 476 (5 U. S. C. 22-1, et seq.), and as President of the United States, and deeming such action necessary in the best interests of the national security, it is hereby ordered as follows:SECTION 1. In addition to the departments and agencies specified in the said act. of August 26, 1950, and Executive Order No: 10237 of April 26, 1951, the provisions of that act shall apply to all other departments and agencies of the Government:SEC. 2. The head of each department and agency of the Government shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining within his department or agency an effective program to insure that the employment and retention in employment of any civilian officer or employee within the department or agency is clearly con- sistent with the interests of the national security.SEC. 3. (a) The appointment of each civilian officer or employee in any department or agency of the Government shall be made subject to investigation. The scope of the investigation shall be determined in the first instance accord- ing to the degree of adverse effect the occupant of the position.sought to be filled could bring about, by virtue of the nature of the position. on the national security, but in no event. shall the investigation include less than a national agency check (including a check of the finger- print files of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion), and written inquiries to appropriate local law enforcement agencies, former em- ployers and supervisors, references, and schools attended by the person under investigation Provided, that upon request of the head of the department or agency. concerned,. the. Civil Service Commission may, in its discretion, au- thorize such less investigation as may meet the requirements of the national security with respect to per-diem, intermittent, temporary. or seasonal employees, or aliens employed out- side the United States. Should there develop at any stage of investigation information indi- cating that the employment of any such person may not be clearly:consistent with the interests of the national security, there shall be conducted with respect to such person a full field investi-FPM Supplement, 990-1::667-629 0-63-11-IKIMAX 88326 DocId:32989603 Page 3CNCLOSURE