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Executive Order 10450
Security Requirements for Government Employment
Signed by Dwight David Eisenhower on Apr 27, 1953.
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Vote Files. (2026, September 26). Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-10450
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Vote Files. "Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment." Last modified September 26, 2026. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-10450.
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@misc{votefiles_eo_10450,
author = {{Vote Files}},
title = {{Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-10450}},
note = {Citation ID eo-10450; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1953-eisenhower.html; last checked 2026-09-26; accessed 2026-09-26}
}Plain link
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Revokes
EO 9835, March 21, 1947
Amended by
EO 10491, October 13, 1953; EO 10531, May 27, 1954; EO 10548, August 2, 1954; EO 10550, August 5, 1954; EO 11605, July 2, 1971; EO 11785, June 4, 1974; EO 12107, December 28, 1978
See
EO 10237, April 26, 1951; EO 10459, June 2, 1953; EO 10497, October 27, 1953; EO 11034, June 25, 1962; EO 11041, August 6, 1962; EO 11603, June 30, 1971; EO 12564, September 15, 1986; EO 13467, June 30, 2008; Directive of May 17, 1972 (37 FR 10053);Colev.Young, June 11, 1954 (35 U.S.C. 536/100 L. ed 1396/76 Stat. 861)
National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.