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  2. Competitive service - Wikipedia

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    As a result, by 2001 there were nearly 700 examining units across the government with OPM periodically reviewing their activity. [7] Prior to 2010, competitive examining was subject to the "rule of three" where hiring managers could only select from the top three rated applicants.

  3. Veterans' Preference Act - Wikipedia

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    1978: Civil Service reform act creates new benefits for 30 percent or more disabled veterans; special appointing authority, and extra protection in hiring and retention. Preference ends for nondisabled retired majors and above. Efforts to broaden rule of three and make exceptions to numerical ratings in examinations defeated by veterans' groups

  4. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. civil service is managed by the Office of Personnel Management, which as of December 2011 reported approximately 2.79 million civil servants employed by the federal government, [2] [3] [4] including employees in the departments and agencies run by any of the three branches of government (the executive branch, legislative branch, and ...

  5. Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) reformed the civil service of the United States federal government, partly in response to the Watergate scandal (1972-74). The Act abolished the U.S. Civil Service Commission and distributed its functions primarily among three new agencies: the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and the Federal Labor ...

  6. New rule strengthening federal job protections could counter ...

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    The government's chief human resources agency issued a new rule on Thursday making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees, hoping to head off former President Donald Trump's promises to ...

  7. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - Wikipedia

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    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act provided for the selection of some government employees by competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. It also made it illegal to fire or demote these government officials for political reasons and created the United States Civil Service Commission to enforce the merit ...

  8. Column: The Hoover Institution says all recent California job ...

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    Since government statistics also showed that government employment in the state rose by 150,500, that left (after rounding) only about 5,400 new jobs created outside the government sector.

  9. Merit system - Wikipedia

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    Prospective officials could come from a rural background and government positions were not restricted to the nobility. Rank was determined by merit, through the civil service examinations, and education became the key for social mobility. [2] After the fall of the Han Dynasty, the nine-rank system was established during the Three Kingdoms ...