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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]
SAS – Special Air Service (British special forces) SBS – Special Boat Service (British special forces) SCIF – Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility; SCO – Squadron Commander (Squadron as used in the U.S. Army Regimental System) SCOTUS – Supreme Court of the United States; SCPO – Senior Chief Petty Officer (USCG/USN E-8)
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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