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Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies on Affirmative Action in the Executive Branch

July 26, 1977

Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies

Subject: Affirmative Action

Last March I wrote to each of you concerning my commitment to affirmative action in the Executive Branch. I indicated that at some future time I would expect progress reports on affirmative action from the executive departments and agencies.

I have directed the Presidential Personnel Office at the White House to assume responsibility for monitoring progress on affirmative action hiring for noncareer positions throughout the Executive Branch.

The Presidential Personnel Office will be briefing each department or agency on the reporting procedures which have been established. If you have other ideas as to how affirmative action might be strengthened, please send them to me through the Presidential Personnel Office.

JIMMY CARTER

Note: The text of the memorandum was made available by the White House press Office on July 28. It was not issued in the form of a White House press release.

Jimmy Carter, Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies on Affirmative Action in the Executive Branch Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/243515

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