White House Press Release, Executive Order Number 9817

3 #950 IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2, 1947 EXECUTIVE ORDER 9817 REGULATIONS GOVERNING AWARDS TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR MERITORIOUS SUGGESTIONS AND FOR, EXCEPTIONAL OR MERITORIOUS SERVICE By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 14 of the act of August 2, 1946 (Públic Law 600, 79th Congress, I hereby prescribe the following rules and regulations governing the payment of awards for meritorious suggestions of civilian officers and employees and for the incurring of expenses for honorary recognition of exceptional or meritorious service: Section 1. Any civilian officer or employee of a department (as the word "department" is defined in section 18 of the said act of August 2, 1946) who makes a suggestion, in such form and manner as his department shall require, which is adopted for use in the department on or after August 2, 1946, and, in the judg- ment of the department head or other duly authorized authority in the department, has resulted or will result in improvement or economy in the operations of the department by way of monetary savings, increased efficiency, conservation of pronerty, improved employee-working conditions, better service to the public, or otherwise, shall be eligible for consideration for a cash award. A former civilian officer or employee (or his estate) shall be similarly eligible for awards for such suggestions made while in the service of the department. Section 2. Whenever a suggestion is determined to be meri- torious and is adopted solely or primarily because it will result or has resulted in the saving of money, the amount of the a ward shall be based on the amount of the annual e stimated saving in the first year of oneration in accordance with the following table, unless for special reasors the head of the department shall determine, subject to the limitations prescribed in the said act, that a different amount is justified: SAVINGS AWARDS $1 - $1,000 $10 for each $200 of savings with a minimum of $10 for any adopted suggostion. $1,000 - $10,000 $50 for the first $1,000 of savings, and $25 for each additional $1,000 of savings. $10,000 - $100,000 $275 for the first $10,000 of sav- ings, and $50 for each additional $10,000 of savings. $100,000 or more $725 for the first $100,000 of savings, and $100 for each addi- tional $100,000 of savings; pro- vided that with the exception of the War and Navy Departments) the maximum award for any one sugges- tion shall not exceed $1,000. (OVER)