Civil service

In 1883, Federal Law created the Civil Service Reform Act, which also has the name the Pendleton Act. Due to its design, incompetence, theft, corruption, graft widespread in the federal agencies and federations had to be eradicated. The Pendleton Act created the Civil Service Commission (CSC) whose duties were to streamline the merit and judicial systems. As the act’s major achievement, it set a basis of ensuring rights of federal employees, and further amendments refined the process by introducing various specialized protecting bodies. The Civil Service Reform Act was developed to regulates procedures for civilian employees in federal agencies. Notably, in 1978, another crucial reform was passed, which implied two parts: the Civil Service…

such a vast number of employees would take a system nearly as complex as the government itself. The civil service system was created to do exactly that. The purpose of this paper is to explore the origin, history, and evolution of this system and its relevance today. The civil service system is often referred to a personnel administration or, a better-known term; human resources. Merriam –Webster’s dictionary defines personnel administration as the phase of management concerned with the…

Hayes fought for civil service reforms in order to combat corruption in the federal government. In the short term, this effort to create domestic change wasn’t a success, but resulted in regaining the presidential power of appointment, and was the primary factor in the passage of the Pendleton Service Act of 1883. Given that Hayes succeeded Grant whose presidency was filled with fraudulent activities involving his cabinet, the push for employing competent members to positions of power presented…

institutional legacy, biases, or discrimination in the selection and hiring practices of federal civil service positions at TRADOC G2, G27 Operational Environment-Theater Support Center (OE-TSC). This inquire respectfully requests a review of the selection process after the CPAC referral listing is forwarded to the hiring officials to ensure selection is based upon individual qualifications (i.e. experience, education and expertise) rather than cronyism practices. The organization's perceived…

My biggest dilemma in the White House today is do I go for or against a Civil Service reform. If I chose to create a civil service then I risk losing the chance for a second term in office. I do not want to betray my Stalwarts but this patronage system needs to change. In history, President Chester Arthur chose to go with the majority of America and create a Civil Service System. I believe he made the right choice. He knew that the government had gotten more and more and he decided to do…

The civil-service examination system occupied a central position in the traditional Chinese social structure, and it was the fundamental means to maintain the orthodox position of Confucian ideology and Confucian value system. After a long operation, the civil-service examination system entirely became a tool to strengthen the govern for the ruling class. With the solid deep influence of civil-service examination, the official standard thought was more serious, more and more people wanted to…

The size of civil servants in Indonesia was growing up since the end of New Order Era and in 1980 increased more than 2 million. As per 2013 data, the number of civil servants are approximately 4,36 million or 1.76% of the population, comprises 890,521 in the central and 3,472,284 in the local (Tjiptoherijanto, 2012; BKN, 2013; KEMENPANRB, 2014). Nevertheless, the ratio of Indonesian civil servant consider proper compare to the other ASEAN countries (Tjiptoherijanto,…

It refers to unrestricted access by the public to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance in the public sector (Armstrong, 2005). A transparent government performs according to fixed and published rules, on the basis of information and procedures that are accessible to the general public (OECD, 2014). Transparency can be achieved when all public services, government policies and activities are clear, answerable and responsive to the citizens. Although the government has made…

delivery of public services. government needs to work to build trust in the political process, in the civil service, and the services it will deliver. Digital gives government the tools it needs to do this, and this will be central pillar of this digital strategy. Citizens are our users, and we want to build services that put users first. In some cases, this will entail end-to-end redesign. We need to ensure citizens find it a positive and simple experience to interact with government…

reform in Japan. The metaphor relates heaven with the upper echelons of civil service, with civil servants as deities and the private sector being Earth. In Japan, the system is administered by bureaucrats. They are responsible for all economic plans, policies, and bills in parliament. These upper echelons of the civil service in present day Japan can be considered as the descendants of the samurai, the warrior class responsible for administration during feudal Japan. After the Meiji Restoration…