Efficiency Rating System for Federal Employees: Hearing Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on S. Res. 105 and S. Res. 124, Resolutions to Investigate Complaints of Civil Service Employees as to Efficiency Ratings, May 21 and June 1, 1948

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Appendix includes Civil Service Commission's "Regulations Governing the Present Efficiency Evaluation Procedure" (p. 123-185) and Senate Committee on the Civil Service Report prepared by the Legislative Reference Service "Efficiency Rating Systems," May 1947 (p. 185-251).

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Page 151 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state, the several counties, and cities, shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by competitive examinations. Laws shall be passed providing for the enforcement of this provision.
Page 148 - When the duration of any office, is not provided by this Constitution, it may be declared by law, and if not so declared, such office shall be held, during the pleasure of the authority making the appointment.
Page 146 - Persons in the classified service shall hold their respective positions during efficient service and shall be graded and compensated according to standards of efficient service which shall be the same for all persons having like duties.
Page 148 - In the course of such investigations each commissioner shall have power to administer oaths, and said commission shall have power to secure by its subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to such investigations.
Page 148 - ... service in its city, and may inquire as to the nature, tenure and compensation of all offices and places in the public service thereof.
Page 151 - ... by conduct and capacity in office, and by seniority in service, and shall provide that vacancies shall be filled by promotion in all cases where, in the judgment of the commission, it shall be for the best interest of the service so to fill such vacancies. All examinations for promotions shall be competitive. In promotional examinations efficiency and seniority in service shall form a part of the maximum mark attainable in such examination. In all cases where...
Page 111 - October 24, 1921, the head of each executive department and independent establishment was required to set up "a system of rating of employees of the classified service of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia." Within the framework of this statute and Executive Order, the Bureau of Efficiency formulated the first uniform rating system in the Federal government. The...
Page 148 - Director shall investigate the efficiency of all officers and employees and of all groups of officers and employees in the classified service and shall report to each officer, board or other authority in charge of any office or department of the sanitary district its findings and recommendations relative to increasing efficiency and economy therein.
Page 144 - In such manner and with such weight as shall be provided in the rules, service ratings shall be considered in determining salary increases and decreases within the limits established by law and by the pay plan, as a factor in promotion tests, as a factor in determining the order of lay-off when forces must be reduced because of lack of funds or work...

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