Executive Order 11056 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11056—Assigning to the Civil Service Commission Certain Authority With Respect to Federal Salaries

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Thursday, October 11, 1962

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1 min read (148 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President John F. Kennedy on 1962-10-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Assigning to the Civil Service Commission Certain Authority With Respect to Federal Salaries." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Assigning to the Civil Service Commission Certain Authority With Respect to Federal Salaries.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

148

877 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

32.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11056, John F. Kennedy (Oct 11, 1962). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11056-assigning-the-civil-service-commission-certain-authority-with.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the last sentence of Subsection (a) and Subsection (b) of Section 504 of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962 (which Act constitutes Part II of the Postal Service and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1962, Public Law 87-793, approved October 11, 1962), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: The Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and authorized to exercise the authority conferred upon the President by the provisions of Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 504 of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962 to make certain findings and to establish and revise certain rates of basic compensation, to the extent that that authority pertains to positions compensated under Section 603 (b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1113(b)). JOHN F. KENNEDY THE WHITE HOUSE, October 11, 1962