United States Civil Service Commission

long-term plan to eradicate the Jewish people. The other view is from a functional interpretation that civil servants used administrative means to contain and remove a problem from everyday society. Adams and Balfour point out that it was not small isolated groups or large incidents that led to the killing of millions, but instead genocide was the outcome of the work from thousands of ordinary civil servants, carrying out ethically neutral and social acceptable tasks. Adams and Balfour view this…

great example is shown on pg 40 of the novel The Destiny of the Republic when it states that “ ten years earlier then President Grant had given Conkling his most fiercely loyal supporter, control of the New York Customs house.” That is the spoils system at its finest because it shows that supporters of the president's got special privileges and were able to get into office without having the support of the United States people and others in office. As many officials in government did not like…

The United States of America has progressed in federal and state government laws and statures over the last 100 years. The United States of America selections for government employees has changed. The United States had six eras of administrative ways of thinking for selecting candidates. The six eras were the Administration of Gentility, Selection by Spoils, Technical Merit Systems, Expansion of Merit Principles Along with Employee Rights and Seniority, Expansion of Access, and Contemporary…

selection is based only on a person's ability to perform the work. Merit selection aims to choose the best person for the job, resulting in a quality workforce. OPM's history, which started with the Civil Service Act in 1883 and formally renamed to the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service Commission regulations stated the administration select employees based on how well they can carry out the occupation. Originally, legislation would select employees based essentially upon political…

controlled by one firm who then becomes the single seller. Monopolies hold power over the market, meaning they can either set a fixed price or determine an output and then sell this output at the highest price the market will bear. The United States Postal Service is a natural monopoly, meaning they have large economies of scale that limit their costs of production and are large enough to efficiently supply the country with mail. Since a monopoly is the only seller of a good in the market, the…

Gifford Pinchot protecting the environment The environment is extremely valuable, once it is ruined, it will be very hard to repair and recover. In some cases, it would be impossible to turn back around. Once it happens the Earth would be stuck like that forever, or at least until the end of time. People like Gifford Pinchot, John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson saw this, and they decided to do something about it. “It is ours to use and conserve for ourselves and our descendants,…

Findings with Future Career Everyone knows that the Secret Service exists, but the exact responsibilities that come with the job are often misguiding. Presenting the unique history of the secret service along with the major programs and sections that it contains, the equipment and benefits of being in the Secret Service, and what steps are needed to achieve this career should greatly benefit someone looking towards this future career. The Secret Service was created for two main purposes. The…

Federal Express (FedEx) was founded in 1971 and handles many package requests daily. In order for them to remain competitive they use their website FedEx.com to field questions received by customers on a daily basis. FedEx has managed to reduce cost by almost $2.00 using the website. Customers are still able to speak with a Customer Representative if questions are not easily answered on the website. FedEx has many strengths using the latest technologies offered. First, customers are able to get…

Overall, I continue to have a favorable view of Protective’s claims operation and their management of the FedEx Workers’ Compensation program. My review found the claims well managed and reserved to a satisfactory level. Claim teams are appropriately structured, averaging one claim supervisor for every three adjusters. Claim supervisors have no working caseloads restricting their responsibilities to managing their adjusters and their assigned claims inventory. Case loads are ideal averaging 120…

Permanently Closed is a documentary that investigates the mysteries surrounding the institution Letchworth Village. This now abandoned lot, has had a lot of attention in the past years. Most recently, it was featured on the Travel Channel’s Ghost Hunters, and episode of the TV series Elementary, and was one of the main inspirations for the concept of season 2 of American Horror Story titled Asylum. Most famously, Letchworth was featured in Geraldo Rivera’s expose “The Last Disgrace” which aired…