Reorganization of the Executive Departments: Hearings Before ..., Appointed Pursuant to Public Resolution No. 4, 75-1, Having Under Consideration Senate Document No. 8, the Message of the President Transmitting the Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management in the Government of the United States. February 16 ... April 19, 19371937 - 414 pages |
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... Congress to pass to the President un- limited power to do all these things that you suggest , with no veto power for the Congress and no limitation in the time that it should be accomplished ? Mr. BROWNLOW . The answer to that question ...
... Congress to pass to the President un- limited power to do all these things that you suggest , with no veto power for the Congress and no limitation in the time that it should be accomplished ? Mr. BROWNLOW . The answer to that question ...
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... Congress. Government Organization Joint Committee. Representative GIFFORD . I want to get a bird's eye view of the whole report , and learn if it is in harmony with the administration . Do you regard this as an administration report ? Mr ...
... Congress. Government Organization Joint Committee. Representative GIFFORD . I want to get a bird's eye view of the whole report , and learn if it is in harmony with the administration . Do you regard this as an administration report ? Mr ...
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... Congress set up the Accounting Office under the Comptroller General . It was set up as an agency of the Congress , not as an agency of the executive branch of the Govern- ment . Mr. GULICK . That is right . Representative COCHRAN ...
... Congress set up the Accounting Office under the Comptroller General . It was set up as an agency of the Congress , not as an agency of the executive branch of the Govern- ment . Mr. GULICK . That is right . Representative COCHRAN ...
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... Congress to write a law not to suit a Government agency that wants to spend it as it sees fit , but to spend money as Congress desires it to be spent ? Mr. GULICK . On the broad questions of conditions that are to be laid down , yes ...
... Congress to write a law not to suit a Government agency that wants to spend it as it sees fit , but to spend money as Congress desires it to be spent ? Mr. GULICK . On the broad questions of conditions that are to be laid down , yes ...
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... Congress. Government Organization Joint Committee. We just cannot do our work if we have to consult the auditor on every decision that is made and get this type of approval . " The CHAIRMAN . Just a moment . The imposition of a ...
... Congress. Government Organization Joint Committee. We just cannot do our work if we have to consult the auditor on every decision that is made and get this type of approval . " The CHAIRMAN . Just a moment . The imposition of a ...
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Page 36 - Board, in accordance with the civil-service laws, and whose compensation shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Each such veterans...
Page 40 - No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of any agency or other officer of the United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties...
Page 31 - service employee" means guards, watchmen, and any person engaged in a recognized trade or craft, or other skilled mechanical craft, or In unskilled, semiskilled, or skilled manual labor occupations; and any other employee Including a foreman or supervisor in a position having trade, craft, or laboring experience as the paramount requirement; and shall include all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be...
Page 28 - The said Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the said Department of such device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken of the said seal.
Page 35 - The expenses of the committee under this section, which shall not exceed $65,000 in any fiscal year, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
Page 38 - That there shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Commerce and Labor, and a Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who shall be the head thereof...
Page 25 - ... subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, for at least five years prior to his death.
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Page 160 - ... suit, action, or other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved, allow the same to be maintained by or against...
Page 156 - The duties assigned by law to the Bureau of Equipment shall be distributed among the other bureaus and offices of the Navy Department in such manner as the Secretary of the Navy shall consider expedient and proper during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the President...