The hosts of the Throughline podcast bring us the story of how a presidential assassination gave rise to the modern federal civil service. The federal government is the largest employer in the U.S., ...

President Cleveland adding boards labelled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland" to a fence with boards labelled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under Pres. Harrison", ...

A proposed constitutional amendment would give Louisiana lawmakers new authority to remove jobs from the state’s protected civil service system, while also shortening terms and tightening limits for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evelyn Seabrook was able to buy a home even though she had only a high school diploma. Glenn Flood worked his way up the career ladder to become a public affairs officer for former ...

Earlier this year President Trump dealt another blow to the civil service with an executive order establishing a new “Schedule G” classification expanding the number of political appointments in ...

From Victorian meritocracy to mission-led government, UK civil service reform has never been a single event. Instead, it has ...

In 1895, science fiction writer H.G. Wells introduced the world to the concept of time travel. Pick a time, he told his dinner guests in The Time Machine, and manipulate a lever in his machine: “this ...

The new regulation — which will be published in the Federal Register for public inspection on Thursday — seeks to provide 2.2 million federal employees with defined protections that would make it ...