Executive Order 10675—Amendment of Section 203 of Executive Order 10577 of November 22, 1954, Providing for the Conversion of Certain Career-Conditional Appointments to Career Appointments

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 631) and by the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 203 of Executive Order No. 10577 of November 22, 1954, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 203. The career-conditional appointment of any employee entitled to veteran preference who has a compensable service-connected disability of ten per centum or more may be converted to a career appointment: Provided, that not later than December 31, 1957, the agency in which he is employed so recommends and certifies to the Commission that he has satisfactorily completed a one-year probationary period: Provided further, that any such employee who is not certified for career appointment under this section shall have his career-conditional appointment converted to a career appointment when he has completed the service requirement for such appointment prescribed under section 2.2 (a) of Civil Service Rule II."

SEC. 2. This order shall be effective as of January 23, 1955, the effective date of the said Executive Order No. 10577.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 21, 1956.