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  2. 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 ]

  3. List of federal agencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The President of the United States is the chief executive of the federal government. He is in charge of executing federal laws and approving, or vetoing, new legislation passed by Congress. The President resides in the Executive Residence (EXR) maintained by the Office of Administration (OA).

  4. Independent agencies of the United States federal government

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    Fannie Mae, or the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) Freddie Mac, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) The National Gallery of Art; The Smithsonian Institution (SI) is an independent establishment of the United States created by an act of Congress on August 10, 1846. The SI conducts scientific and scholarly research ...

  5. United States Civil Service Commission - Wikipedia

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    On March 3, 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the first U.S. civil service reform legislation, which had been passed by Congress. [1] The act created the United States Civil Service Commission, that was implemented by President Grant and funded for two years by Congress lasting until 1874.

  6. 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 ...

  7. United States federal executive departments - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States.They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state.

  8. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - Wikipedia

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    The act initially applied only to ten percent of federal jobs, but it allowed the president to expand the number of federal employees covered by the act. [12] Within five years of the passage of the law, half of federal appointments outside of the United States Postal Service were covered by the act. [13]

  9. Organizational structure of the United States Department of ...

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    The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...