Executive Order 12828 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12828—Delegation of Certain Personnel Management Authorities

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Tuesday, January 5, 1993

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1 min read (234 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 George Bush on 1993-01-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegation of Certain Personnel Management Authorities." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ This order shall be effective immediately.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

234

1,411 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12828, George Bush (Jan 5, 1993). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12828-delegation-certain-personnel-management-authorities.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code and sections 3502(e), 4505a(e), and 5377(i)(2) of title 5 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. The Office of Personnel Management is designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the following: (1) The authority of the President under 5 U.S.C. 3502(e), as added by section 4433 of Public Law 102-484, to shorten the period of advance notice otherwise required by law with respect to reductions in force. (2) The authority of the President under 5 U.S.C. 4505a(e), as added by section 2(19) of Public Law 102-378, to permit performance-based cash awards to be paid to categories of employees who would not otherwise be eligible. Sec. 2. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority of the President under 5 U.S.C. 5377(i)(2), as added by section 2(34) of Public Law 102-378, to designate one or more categories of positions within an agency to be treated as critical positions within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 5377(a)(2). Sec. 3. This order shall be effective immediately. George Bush The White House, January 5, 1993.