From a nationwide sample of 28 programs listed with the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, 477 first-year (mostly MPA) graduate students were surveyed. Federal civil service employment was found to be not nearly as appealing to these first-year students as ...
This article examines personal and work-related characteristics of a sample of the nearly 1 million Federal civil-service retirees who were receiving annuities based on their own wage records as of December 31, 1975. Employment patterns and subsequent annuities in civil-service careers have been rela...
(OPM)istheFederalgovernment’shumanresourcesagency.OPMprovidesup-to-dateemploymentinformationandensuresthatthenation’sCivilServiceremainsfreeofpoliticalinfluenceandthatFederalemployeesareselectedandtreatedfairlyandonthebasisofmerit.OPMhasdevelopedthe“FederalEmploymentInformationSystem,”composedofuser-friendlycomponentsfor...
Pendleton Civil Service Act, (Jan. 16, 1883), landmark U.S. legislation establishing the tradition and mechanism of permanent federal employment based on merit rather than on political party affiliation (the spoils system). Widespread public demand for c
Federal civil-service annuitants and social security, December 1975. This article examines personal and work-related characteristics of a sample of the nearly 1 million Federal civil-service retirees who were receiving annuities based on their own wage records as of December 31, 1975. Employment ...
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…the Civil Service began demanding photographs to accompany employment applications for the first time. It was widely understood that the only purpose of this requirement was to weed out black applicants. …He insisted that the segregation policy was for the comfort and best interests of both ...
an approach adopted by the Civil Service Commission in 1971. In this incisive new study, Kellough examines the utility of affirmative action in the form of numerical goals and timetables by focusing on EEO efforts in federal employment. Writing for students and scholars of ethnic and minority poli...
In 1964 the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI was greatly expanded by the passage of theCivil Rights Act, which prohibited racial and other forms of discrimination in employment, education, voting, the use of public accommodations, and other areas. During the same period, a growing public aw...
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibits Sexual Orientation Discrimination Court Agrees With Federal Agency’s Position That Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is a Form of Sex Discrimination Prohibited by Title VII WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a ...