There have been many credible reports that a second Trump administration would feature an assault on the federal civil-service system in order to reduce “deep state” resistance to his authoritarian ...

In 1883, the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was signed into law by Republican president Chester A. Arthur, putting an end to the so-called spoils system that allowed presidents to reward political ...

The federal government’s core civilian workforce has long been known for its professionalism. About 2.1 million nonpartisan career officials provide essential public services in such diverse areas as ...

Nearly everyone in the public administration world says that the civil service system is far from perfect and needs to be fixed. The rules governing the system have not been updated in decades, ...

Not all resistance takes place in the streets. It can also unfold quietly inside institutions that shape law and policy. For more than a century, Americans have taken pride in a professional civil ...