COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

By His Excellency 

EDWARD J. KING 
Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 224 

REVISING AND AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDERS 114, 116 and 117.

    WHEREAS, veterans are deserving of full employment opportunities in 
recognition of their service to this nation particularly those of the Vietnam conflict;
and

    WHEREAS, our Commonwealth already expresses employment preference for
members of other groupings in an effort to promote employment among 
disadvantaged groups;

    NOW THEREFORE, Executive Order No. 114, as most recently amended by
Executive Orders Nos. 116 and 117, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following paragraph:

Article XVI.  Within ten days of the date of this Executive Order, the Division
of Personnel Administration shall issue guidelines for the revision of the current
affirmative action plans of state agencies.  These guidelines shall provide for the
development of affirmative action strategies for the employment of Vietnam Era
Veterans and disabled persons.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Given at the Executive Chamber in Boston
this 6th day of January
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eighty three and of the
independence of the United States of
America two hundred and eight.

EDWARD J. KING
GOVERNOR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY
Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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