Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission.
To the Congress of the United States:
I am hereby transmitting the United States Civil Service Commission's Annual Report for fiscal year 1971.
The report encompasses a year marked with considerable progress and innovation in Federal personnel management. Among the year's highlights were significant liberalizations in retirement and health benefits; increased emphasis on employment opportunities for returning Vietnam veterans; a strengthened program in equal employment opportunity for minorities and women; considerable progress in job evaluation policy and personnel management evaluation; and preparations by the Commission to implement the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 which should bring a new partnership between Federal, State, and local governments.
These improvements resulted from the joint action and cooperation of the Commission, the Congress, the executive agencies, employee organizations, and the President. I therefore hope you share my pride in these achievements which not only have made the Government a better employer but have also provided sharpened government responsiveness to the changing social and economic needs of the American people.
RICHARD NIXON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 8, 1972.
Note: The report is entitled "A Pace-Setting Year--for Personnel Management; 88th Annual Report, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1971, United States Civil Service Commission" (79 pp. plus appendixes).
Richard Nixon, Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/254758