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  2. Excepted service - Wikipedia

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    In addition, most employees in the legislative branch of the federal government are excepted service employees. Until the Civil Service Due Process Amendments Act of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101-376, 104 Stat. 461), employees in the excepted service who did not have veteran's preference did not have the right to appeal adverse actions to the United ...

  3. Competitive service - Wikipedia

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    The competitive service is a part of the United States federal government civil service.Applicants for jobs in the competitive civil service must compete with other applicants in open competition under the merit system administered by the Office of Personnel Management, unlike applicants in the excepted service and Senior Executive Service.

  4. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal civil service is the civilian workforce (i.e., non-elected and non-military public sector employees) of the United States federal government's departments and agencies. The federal civil service was established in 1871 ( 5 U.S.C. § 2101 ). [ 1 ]

  5. Merit system - Wikipedia

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    In 1883, the system of appointments to the United States federal bureaucracy was revamped by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which made the merit system common practice. [4] The merit system determines the fitness of the candidate by the ability to pass a written competitive examination, given by a commission of examiners.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Breaking Down All of Trump’s Day 1 Presidential Actions - AOL

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    Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government” that directs the Attorney General to “identify and take appropriate action to correct” supposed ...

  8. United States Civil Service Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Service Commission administered the civil service of the United States federal government. [3] The Pendleton law required certain applicants to take the civil service exam in order to be given certain jobs; it also prevented elected officials and political appointees from firing civil servants, removing civil servants from the ...

  9. Political appointments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The merit system is the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job. A common conception of the federal government's merit system principles is that they are designed to ensure fair and open recruitment and competition and employment practices free of political influence or other non-merit factors.