Parliament and public appointments
Title | Parliament and public appointments PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2008-01-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780215038043 |
This Report welcomes and responds to the Government's proposal to involve select committees in public appointments by inviting committees to hold non-binding pre-appointment hearings with nominees for key positions. The Report clarifies the purpose of these hearings: to expose nominees to parliamentary and public scrutiny before the final ministerial decision on the appointment, to increase the likelihood that those appointed will be effective in their accountability to Parliament and the public. The Report also establishes criteria to determine which posts should be subject to these hearings, and identifies major auditors, ombudsmen, regulators and inspectors, as well as those responsible for the appointments system itself; along with appointments normally made on merit but where Ministers have chosen not to follow the usual processes. Finally, the Report responds to concerns about involving select committees in public appointments, including several raised by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and proposes ways of managing the risks identified, largely through a framework of clear protocols to be agreed between the Government and the Liaison Committee, and also by monitoring and reviewing the effect of the hearings on public appointments over time.
Parliament and Public Appointments
Title | Parliament and Public Appointments PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 2008-05-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780215514967 |
Government response to HC 152, session 2007-08 (ISBN 9780104851791)
Public Appointments and Patronage
Title | Public Appointments and Patronage PDF eBook |
Author | Public Administration Select Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780215009098 |
Public Appointments and Patronage
Report of the Public Appointments Committee to National Assembly in the ... Session
Title | Report of the Public Appointments Committee to National Assembly in the ... Session PDF eBook |
Author | Malawi. Parliament. Public Appointments Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Malawi |
ISBN |
Parliamentary Involvement in Public Appointments
Title | Parliamentary Involvement in Public Appointments PDF eBook |
Author | Lucinda Maer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Legislative bodies |
ISBN |
... Government plans to increase scrutiny of public bodies ... which will involve strengthening the powers of Select Committees to scrutinise major public appointments.
Balancing Act
Title | Balancing Act PDF eBook |
Author | Akash Paun |
Publisher | |
Pages | 46 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Government executives |
ISBN |
United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions
Title | United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions PDF eBook |
Author | Us Congress |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2021-01-19 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Plum Book is published by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on Oversight and Reform alternately after each Presidential election. The Plum Book is used to identify Presidential appointed and other positions within the Federal Government. The publication lists over 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment. The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other key officials. The Plum Book was first published in 1952 during the Eisenhower administration. When President Eisenhower took office, the Republican Party requested a list of government positions that President Eisenhower could fill. The next edition of the Plum Book appeared in 1960 and has since been published every four years, just after the Presidential election.