The Civil-service Reform MovementPress of G. H. Ellis, 1882 - 76 pages |
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... possible for the nomi- nating officer , if unembarrassed by political considerations , to select competent and trustworthy men ( and with the desire to do so he 1 In February of the present year Mr. Merritt made a special report to the ...
... possible for the nomi- nating officer , if unembarrassed by political considerations , to select competent and trustworthy men ( and with the desire to do so he 1 In February of the present year Mr. Merritt made a special report to the ...
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... possible to become sufficiently acquainted with applicants at the outset to determine as to the wisdom of their appointment . The present rules have at least one merit , that the tests , whether the best that can be devised or not , are ...
... possible to become sufficiently acquainted with applicants at the outset to determine as to the wisdom of their appointment . The present rules have at least one merit , that the tests , whether the best that can be devised or not , are ...
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... possible , has twice hastened to confirm Mr. James without a dissenting vote . And yet there are thousands of partisans , zealous for the party to which the postmaster belongs , to say nothing of other thousands too ignorant or ...
... possible , has twice hastened to confirm Mr. James without a dissenting vote . And yet there are thousands of partisans , zealous for the party to which the postmaster belongs , to say nothing of other thousands too ignorant or ...
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... possible to discontinue it . " Civil Service Record , No. 5 , Sept. 19 , 1881. See also pp . 16 of this pamphlet . 2 Senate report , no . S72 , 46th congress , 3d session ; appendix , p . 35 . 3There are certain kinds of information ...
... possible to discontinue it . " Civil Service Record , No. 5 , Sept. 19 , 1881. See also pp . 16 of this pamphlet . 2 Senate report , no . S72 , 46th congress , 3d session ; appendix , p . 35 . 3There are certain kinds of information ...
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... possible removed from partisan influences ; " the fix- ing of a secure tenure for their ( i.e , the commissioners ) holding the position , and a specific declaration as to what their duties are ; the act of 1871 having left this matter ...
... possible removed from partisan influences ; " the fix- ing of a secure tenure for their ( i.e , the commissioners ) holding the position , and a specific declaration as to what their duties are ; the act of 1871 having left this matter ...
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Page 68 - Fifth, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.
Page 70 - ... falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or proper standing...
Page 70 - ... representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or who shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined or to be examined being appointed, employed, or promoted...
Page 70 - That any said commissioner, examiner, copyist, or messenger, or any person in the public service who shall willfully and corruptly, by himself or in co-operation with one or more other persons, defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in respect of his or her right of examination...
Page 11 - The president is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof...
Page 68 - Sixth, that no person in said service has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body.
Page 69 - Columbia where examinations are directed by the President or by said board to be held, to allow the reasonable use of the public buildings for holding such examinations, and in all proper ways to facilitate the same.
Page 71 - Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of said statutes; nor shall any officer not in the executive branch of the government, or any person merely employed as a laborer or workman...
Page 68 - That it shall be the duty of said commissioners : "FIRST. To aid the President, as he may request, in preparing suitable rules for carrying this act into effect, and when said rules shall have been promulgated it shall be the duty of all officers of the United States in the departments and offices to which any such rules may relate to aid, in all proper ways, in carrying said rules, and any modifications thereof, into effect.
Page 68 - ... from among those who have been examined, of the place of residence of such persons, of the rejection of any such persons after probation, of transfers, resignations, and removals, and of the date thereof, and a record of the same shall be kept by said commission.