Executive Order 11589—Delegating to the Office of Personnel Management Certain Authorities of the President Under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 and the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. The United States Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the following:
(a) The authority of the President under section 3376 of title 5 of the United States Code to prescribe regulations for the administration of subchapter VI, "Assignments to and from States," of chapter 33 of that title.
(b) The authority of the President under section 205 (a) (4) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2286(a) (4)) and as affected by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on the merit basis.
SEC. 2. To the extent that section 1 (b) of this order is inconsistent with the provisions of Executive Order No. 10952 of July 20, 1961, as amended, section 1 (b) shall control.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House
April 1, 1971
NOTE: Executive Order 11589 was released at San Clemente, Calif.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11589—Delegating to the Office of Personnel Management Certain Authorities of the President Under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 and the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/256693