Discuss the formation of the federal civil service.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary.The rank-and-file bureaucrats-the rest of the federal bureaucracy-are part of the civil service (nonmilitary employees of the government). They obtain their jobs through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), an agency established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. The OPM recruits, interviews, and tests potential government workers and determines who should be hired. The OPM makes recommendations to individual agencies as to which persons meet relevant standards (typically, the top three applicants for a position), and the agencies then generally decide which of the recommended individuals they will hire.The 1978 act also created the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to oversee promotions, employees' rights, and other employment matters. The MSPB evaluates charges of wrongdoing, hears employee appeals from agency decisions, and can order corrective action against agencies and employees.
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Public assistance includes those social welfare programs for which no __________ are required, and only those defined as low-income are eligible
Fill in the blank with the right word.
The Dred Scott decision ______.
A. freed thousands of slaves B. required the northern states to follow the Fugitive Slave Law C. imposed abolition on the southern states D. forbid the federal government from regulating slavery in the territories
Compare regressive taxes and progressive taxes and identify which income group benefits most from each type of tax.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements about public policy is most accurate, given how the term is defined?
a. Public policy can result from inaction as well as action. b. Public policy comes from the actions of elected officials. c. Public policy can be designed to affect one individual or all citizens. d. Public policy outcomes change very frequently.