Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board
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The '''Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board''' is a board created for recommending civilians for awards from the U.S. Federal government for distinguished service. It was Originally established by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] on [[June 27]], [[1957]] by Executive Order 10717 to recommend to the President people in the [[American civil service|U.S. Civil Service]] to receive the [[President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service]]. Its mandate was expanded via Executive Order 11085 by President [[John F. Kennedy]] on [[February 22]], [[1963]], so that the board would recommend to the President people to be awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].
While, the [[website]], MedalofFreedom.com, claims that Nixon abolished the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board<ref name="mof.com">{{cite web
| url = http://www.medaloffreedom.com/HistoryandInformationofMedal.htm#SELECTING
| title = History and Information of The Presidential Medal of Freedom
| accessdate = 2006-05-01
}}</ref>, [[Jimmy Carter]] abolished the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board in Executive Order 12014 and turned over the responsibility for recommending recipients to the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission.<ref name="EO 12014">{{cite web
| last = Carter
| first = Jimmy
| authorlink = Jimmy Carter
| year = 1977
| url = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=6816
| title = Executive Order 12014--President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
| accessdate = 2006-04-30
}}</ref> This executive order was subsequently modified again by Jimmy Carter in Exectiver Order 12107 which named the Director of the Office of Personnel Management as the person responsible for making recommendations to the President.<ref name="EO 12107full">{{cite web
| last = Carter
| first = Jimmy
| authorlink = Jimmy Carter
| year = 1978
| url = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=30343&st=12107
| title = Executive Order 12107--Relating to the Civil Service Commission and labor-management in the Federal Service
| accessdate = 2006-04-30
}} (original language)</ref><ref name="EO 12107code">{{cite web
| last = Carter
| first = Jimmy
| authorlink = Jimmy Carter
| year = 1978
| url = http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12107.html
| title = Executive Order 12107--Relating to the Civil Service Commission and labor-management in the Federal Service
| accessdate = 2006-04-30
}} (as currently codified by subsequent amendments by other Executive Orders)</ref>
The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, under the authority of Executive Order 12107, has established the Presidential Rank Award Distinguished Review Board.<ref name="opm2">{{cite web
| last = James
| first = Kay Coles
| year = 2004
| url = http://www.opm.gov/news/opm-director-convenes-expert-review-board-to-consider-nominees-for-the-prestigious-presidential-award-of-distinguished-rank,260.aspx
| title = OPM Director Convenes Expert Review Board to Consider Nominees for the Prestigious Presidential Award of Distinguished Rank
| accessdate = 2006-05-01
}} See also Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations Sec. 578.17[http://www.washingtonwatchdog.org/documents/cfr/title32/part578.html#578.17]</ref>
Additionally, the President can confer the award on persons not nominated by anyone; however, normally, each component of the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] will nominate recipients through the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary]] and the Public Service Awards Panel.<ref name="navy">{{cite web
| format = PDF
| url = http://neds.daps.dla.mil/directives/1650/five.pdf
| title = United States Non-Military Decorations
| accessdate = 2006-05-01
}}</ref>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Civil awards and decorations of the United States]]