Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978
Title | Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1450 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Civil service |
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The Future of Merit
Title | The Future of Merit PDF eBook |
Author | James P. Pfiffner |
Publisher | Woodrow Wilson Center Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2000-09-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780801864650 |
"Passage of the Civil Service Reform Act was controversial, and there is still controversy over its effectiveness. A book of this sort will be well received and anxiously read by specialists in public administration, public policy, and public personnel administration."-H. George Frederickson, University of Kansas The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 was the most far reaching reform of the federal government personnel system since the merit system was created in 1883. The Future of Merit reviews the aims and rates the accomplishments of the 1978 law and assesses the status of the civil service. How has it held up in the light of the National Performance Review? What will become of it in a globalizing international system or in a government that regards people as customers rather than citizens? Contributors examine the Senior Executive Service, whose members serve between presidential appointees and the rest of the civil service. These crucial executives must transform legislative and administrative goals into administrative reality, but are often caught between opposing pressures for change and continuity. In the concluding chapter Hugh Heclo, many of whose ideas informed the 1978 reform act, argues that the system today is often more responsive to the ambitions of political appointees and the presidents they serve than to the longer term needs of the polity. On the other hand, the ambition of creating a government-wide cadre of career general managers with highly developed leadership skills has not been fulfilled. Other contributors helped to frame the 1978 act, helped to implement it, or study it as scholars of public administration: Dwight Ink, Carolyn Ban, Joel D. Aberbach, Bert A. Rockman, Patricia W. Ingraham, Donald P. Moynihan, Hal G. Rainey, Ed Kellough, Barbara S. Romzek, Mark W. Huddleston, Chester A. Newland, and Hugh Heclo. Six former directors of the Office of Personnel Management commented on early versions of these chapters at a 1998 conference.
Legislative History of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Title | Legislative History of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1012 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Civil service reform |
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Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978
Title | Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 916 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Civil service |
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Title VII of Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Title | Title VII of Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Civil Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Civil service reform |
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Legislating Bureaucratic Change
Title | Legislating Bureaucratic Change PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia W. Ingraham |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1985-06-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1438407556 |
Legislating Bureaucratic Change is an in-depth analysis of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. This legislation, hailed by many as the major domestic achievement of the Carter presidency, was a far-reaching attempt to change and control the massive federal bureaucracy. Not since the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883 had so major a reform been attempted. Legislating Bureaucratic Change reveals this process of change and reform. As a collection, its chapters advance our understanding of the dimensions and problems of bureaucratic change. In a larger sense, by focusing on civil service reform as public policy, the book also provides valuable insights into the ability of American policy institutions to address critical public problems.
Oversight of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Title | Oversight of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Civil service reform |
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