Civil Service Reform: Building a Government That Works

by Ronald P. Sanders and Donald F. Kettl

Book Overview

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The authors of this book contend that the civil service system, which was devised to create a uniform process for recruiting high-quality workers to government, is no longer uniform or a system. Nor does it help government find and retain the workers it needs to build a government that works.

The current civil service system was designed for a government in which federal agencies directly delivered most public services. But over the last...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815749031
• ISBN13: 9780815749035
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"