Postponing the Effective Date of Executive Order No. 7916 of June 24, 1938, With Respect to Certain Positions and Providing for a Committee To Investigate and Report Methods for Selecting and Promoting Certain Personnel in Civil Service

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 31, 1939.

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 28). Executive Order 8044: Postponing the Effective Date of Executive Order No. 7916 of June 24, 1938, With Respect to Certain Positions and Providing for a Committee To Investigate and Report Methods for Selecting and Promoting Certain Personnel in Civil Service [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 29, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8044

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8044: Postponing the Effective Date of Executive Order No. 7916 of June 24, 1938, With Respect to Certain Positions and Providing for a Committee To Investigate and Report Methods for Selecting and Promoting Certain Personnel in Civil Service." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 29, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8044.

BibTeX

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8044: Postponing the Effective Date of Executive Order No. 7916 of June 24, 1938, With Respect to Certain Positions and Providing for a Committee To Investigate and Report Methods for Selecting and Promoting Certain Personnel in Civil Service}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8044}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8044; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1939.html; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 29, 2026}
}

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Amends EO 7916, June 24, 1938

Amended by EO 8371, March 9, 1940

See EO 8699, March 1, 1941; EO 9230, August 20, 1942

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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