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BOOK 11. SELECTED EXECUTIVE ORDERSinvestigative facilities of the il Service Com-mission, and other departmes and agencies may use such facilities under agreement with the Commission.(d). There shall be referred promptly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation all investigations being conducted by any other agencies which develop information indicating that an individual may have been subjected to coercion, influence, or pressure to act contrary to the interests of the national security, or information relating to any of the matters described in subdivisions (2) through (8) of subsection (a) of this section. In cases so referred to it, the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall make a full field investigation.SEC. 9. (a) There shall be established and maintained in the Civil Service Commission a security-investigations index covering all persons as to whom security investigations have been conducted by any department or agency of the Government under this order. The central index established and maintained by the Commission under Executive Order No. 9835 of March 21, 1947. shall be made a part of the security-investigations index. The security-investigations index shall contain the name of each person investigated. adequate identifying information, concerning each such person, and a reference to each department and ageney which has conducted an investiga.ion concerning the person involved or has suspended or terminated the employment of such persor under the authority granted to heads of departments and agencies by or in accordance with the suid act of August 26, 1950(b) The heads of all departments and agencies shall furnish promptly to the Civil Service Commission information appropriate for the establishment and maintenance of the security-investigations index.(c) The reports and other investigative material and information developed by investigations conducted pursuant to any statute, order, or program described in section 7 of this order shall remain the property of the investigative agencies conducting the investigations, but[^4] As amended by Executive Order 10531 of May 27, 1054.:may, subject to co Nerations of the natiorial security, be retaine by the department or agency concerned. Such reports and other investigative material and information shall be maintained in confidence, and no access shall be given thereto except, with the consent of the investigative agency concerned, to other de-partinents and agencies conducting security programs under the authority granted by or in accordance with the said act of August 26, 1950, as may be required for the efficient conduct of Government business.SEC. 10. Nothing in this order shall be construed as eliminating or modifying in any way the requirement for any investigation or any determination as to security which may be required by law.SEC. 11. On and after the effective date of this order the Loyalty Re view Board established by Executive Order No 9835 of March 21, 1947,. shall not accept agency findings for review, upon appeal or otherwise. Appeals pending before the Loyalty Review Board on such date shall be heard to final determination in accordance with the provisions of the said Executive Order No. 9835, as amended. Agency determinations favorable to the officer or employee concerned pending before the Loyalty Review Board on such date shall be acted upon by such Board, and whenever the Board is not in agreement with such favorable determination the case shall be remanded to the department or agency concerned for. determination in accordance with the standards and procedures established pursuant to this order. Cases pending before the regional loyalty, boards of the Civil Service Commission on which hearings have not beer initiated on such date shall be referred to the department or agency concerned. Cases being heard by regional loyalty boards on such date shall be heard to conclusion, and the determination of the board shall be forwarded to the head of the department or agency concerned: Provided, that if no specific department or agency is involved, the case shall be dismissed without prejudice to the applicant. Investigations pending in the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Civil Service Commission on such date shall be completed, and the reports thereon shall be made to the appropriate department or agency.Inst. 127January 23, 1973FPM Supplement 990-1