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Main Title Biography of an ideal : a history of the federal civil service.
Publisher U.S. Office of Personnel Management, U.S. Civil Service Commission : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
Year Published 2003
Stock Number 006-000-01527-1
OCLC Number 52178889
ISBN 016051262X; 9780160512629
Subjects Civil service--United States--History
Additional Subjects United States Civil Service Commission--Public Information Office ; United States Civil Service Commission--History
Internet Access
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Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2003387623-d.html
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified		 Checkout
Status
EJEM  JK681.A52 2003 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 10/02/2003
ELBM  JK681.B56 2003 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 04/04/2023
Collation i, 224 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (page 215) and index.
Contents Notes
Introduction -- Ninety-six premerit years -- The merit system is born -- The first fifty-five years : 1883-1938 -- The beginning of modern personnel administration : 1938-1958 -- From administration to management : 1958-1977 -- The second civil service reform : 1977-1979 -- Post-reform : gains, losses, and constant change.