Executive Orders

Executive Order 12026--Reinstatement rights of certain employees of the Department of Energy

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 12026 of Dec. 5, 1977, appear at 42 FR 61849, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 159, unless otherwise noted.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Sections 3301 and 3302 of Title 5 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States of America, the service of an employee of the Atomic Energy Commission or of the Energy Research and Development Administration pursuant to a Regular or Regular (Conditional) appointment, other than such service in an attorney position, who was transferred to the Department of Energy pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act (91 Stat. 565; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) shall be considered as Career or Career-Conditional service, respectively, for purposes of eligibility for reinstatement in the competitive Civil Service.