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Authority of Executive Office of the President to Require Independent Agencies to Conduct Background Checks of Noncareer SES Candidates
No office or agency within the Executive Office of the President may require independent agencies to conduct certain background checks of candidates for noncareer Senior Executive Service positions. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19681/download.
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