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matters. Also, under the direction of the Secretary of State, he has primary responsibility within the Government for such matters.

In support of its activities, the Agency conducts research and studies or makes arrangements for their conduct (through contracts and agreements) by private or public institutions or persons. It also coordinates such efforts by or for other Government agencies, and analyzes selected defense programs for their arms control implications.

The Arms Control and Disarmament Act also provides for the establishment of a General Advisory Committee not to exceed 15 members, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to advise the President, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Agency on matters affecting arms control, disarmament, and world peace.

Sources of Information

SPEAKERS

Officers of the Agency will address audiences in all parts of the country if speaking engagements can be fitted

into their work schedules. Phone, 202632-9504.

CONTRACTS

Individuals seeking to do business with the Agency or obtain information on research contracts may contact the Contracting Office at the address shown below.

PUBLICATIONS

Copies of publications, such as World Military Expenditures (annual series); Documents on Disarmament (annual series); Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements, 1959-1974; and the Agency's Annual Report, may be ordered from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or from the Agency's Communications and Information Center at the address shown below.

For further information, contact the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Department of State Building, Washington, D.C. 20451. Phone, 202-655-4000.

Approved.

LEON SLOSS, Assistant Director.

UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

1900 E Street NW., Washington, D.C. 20415

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OFFICIALS-Continued

Assistant Executive Director__.
Assistant Executive Director for Regional Operations----
Assistant Executive Director for Freedom of Information
and Privacy---

Director, Office of Federal Equal Employment Op

portunity

Director, Spanish-Speaking Program

Director, Federal Women's Program__.

Director, Office of Labor-Management Relations_.

Director, Office of Administrative Law Judges_.
Director, Office of Public Affairs___

Director, Office of Incentive Systems-

Executive Vice Chairman, Interagency Advisory Group--
Director, Bureau of Recruiting and Examining----

Director, Bureau of Retirement, Insurance, and Occupa-
tional Health___.

Director, Bureau of Personnel Investigations___

Director, Bureau of Personnel Management Evaluation---
Director, Bureau of Executive Personnel_.

Director, Bureau of Policies and Standards_
Director, Bureau of Management Services---

Director, Bureau of Manpower Information Systems---
Director, Bureau of Training----

Director, Bureau of Intergovernmental Personnel Pro

grams

JOSEPH W. Lowell, JR.
Wendell G. Mickle.

DONALD J. BIGLIN.

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CARLOS F. ESPARZA.
JANICE K. MENDENHALL.
ANTHONY F. INGRASSIA.
CHARLES J. Dullea.
JOSEPH E. OGLESBY.
RICHARD P. BRENGEL.
CLINTON SMITH.
ARCH S. RAMSAY.

THOMAS A. TINSLEY.
ROBERT J. DRUMMOND, JR.
JOHN D. R. COLE.

JOSEPH U. DAMICO.
FREDERICK A. KISTLER.

DONALD J. BIGLIN.

NICHOLAS J. SUSZYNSKI.

JAMES R. BECK, Jr.

NORMAN BECKMAN.

The basic task of the United States Civil Service Commission (CSC) is very much the same as when it was first founded in 1883—to administer a merit tem of Federal employment.

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Initially, the Commission's job was largely restricted to recruiting and examining. Today, a modern merit system includes recruiting, examining, training, and promoting people on the basis of their knowledge and skills regardless of their race, religion, sex, political influence, or other nonmerit factors.

The Civil Service Commission's role is to provide qualified people for Government agencies and to make sure that the Federal Government provides an array of personnel services to applicants and employees. This explains why the Commission has often been called the "people agency" of government. It is the central personnel agency of the executive branch.

The United States Civil Service Commission was created by act of Congress on January 16, 1883. Authority is codified under 5 U.S.C. 1101. The Commission also has responsibilities under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 437) and the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1909). The 10 regional offices, whose geographical coverage conforms to that of the standard Federal regions as shown on the map in Appendix D, are structured to provide decentralized operation of Commission programs in the

field. Under the regional offices are area offices-at least one in each State-located at major centers of population and Federal employment. Below this level are Federal job information and testing centers and field duty stations.

Activities

The Civil Service Commission is the agency of the executive branch which has as its primary interest the human resources of Government. This interest takes the form of a range of pro

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grams designed to develop and support the effectiveness of the Government employee. Some of these programs support Government program managers' responsibilities in personnel management, and others benefit employees directly.

RECRUITING AND EXAMINING

The Civil Service Commission is responsible for the nationwide recruiting and examining of applicants for positions in the Federal civil service at General Schedule (GS) grades 1 through 15, and for Wage Grade (blue collar) positions. This includes selective placement programs for physically and mentally handicapped persons, where appropriate, and programs for other groups, including veterans and youth. The Commission administers the Executive Assignment System for the classification, qualification, and assignment of persons in top managementlevel grades, GS-16 through GS-18. The Commission also examines for Administrative Law Judges.

PERSONNEL INVESTIGATIONS

Supporting the selection and appointment process are the investigations which are conducted for several purposes: to determine the suitability of applicants being considered for appointment; to check on applicants or employees being considered for appointment to positions having either national security sensitivity or special

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professional or administrative qualifications requirements, or both; and for the enforcement of civil service regulations. A similar function is a loyalty determination of United States citizens employed or under consideration for employment by international organizations of which the United States is a member.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Commission is responsible for providing leadership for the Government's equal employment opportunity program and enforcement of the provisions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 103), Executive Order 11478 of August 8, 1969, and Federal employment provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended. The Commission, through its equal employment opportunity efforts, seeks to eliminate nonmerit considerations, such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age from all aspects of Federal employment. Additionally, the Commission provides leadership to other Federal agencies in the development and implementation of affirmative action programs of equal employment opportunity; reviews national and regional agency equal employment opportunity plans, and prescribes administrative procedures for the consideration of discrimination complaints in Federal employment.

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