Executive Order No. 11451 established the President's Commission on Personnel Interchange, and further pro- Total funds requested for FY 1974 represent an increase of $59,000 and 1 position over the current level. Administration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as Amended Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-100), as amended by P.L. 91-285, the Commission is responsible for (1) appointing examiners and other persons as necessary to prepare and maintain lists of eligible voters in states or other political subdivisions designated by the Attorney General under the provisions of the Act; (2) receiving complaints from any eligible voter claiming he was denied the right to vote; and (3) observing at elections at the requests of the Attorney General. Requests submitted for the administration of this program are based upon Department of Justice estimates of the level of actius de The FY 1974 request for administration OF the Voting RightS that listing of eligible voters will remain at the FY 1973 level, But that current level. The request assumes the number of observers will decrease significantly below the requirements for FY 1973, a year of national elections. Executive Order No. 11183, as amended, established the President's Commission on White House Fellows, and For FY 1974, an increase of $28,000 is requested for the salary and benefits of a new Director. Previously The Federal Labor Relations Council is the central authority for labor-management relations in the Federal Government, authorized to (1) administer and interpret Executive Order 11491, as amended; (2) decide major policy issues; (3) consider appeals from certain decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations, agency heads, and arbitrators; and (4) through periodic reviews of operating experience, make recommendations to the President for improving the Federal labor-management relations program. The Federal Services Impasses Panel, an agency within the Council, considers impasses in negotiations between labor organizations and agency management, and acts, through factfinding and other procedures, to bring the impasses to final settlement. The FY 1974 request represents a decrease of $46,000, reflecting completion of contractual agreements for such things as space improvement, and the diminution of other support expenses incurred by the Council during its first years of operation. |