for the past couple weeks (I used to be a federal supervisor).
We have a HUGE problem where there is lazy media, some of whom are FINALLY starting to catch on a bit, but also a breathtakingly ignorant set of members right there in Congress (teabaggers and more recently, MAGats) who have zero "historical" reference to what is legal when it comes to federal employees and the Civil Service Acts (and the many amendments to it over the years since the first done in the 1880s).
The "modern" one that we are operating under -
S.2640 - Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Conference report filed in House (10/05/1978)
(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1717)
Civil Service Reform Act - =Title I: Merit System Principles= - Enumerates the principles of the merit system in the Federal work force. Prohibits the taking of personnel actions to discriminate against a Federal employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, age, handicapping conditions, marital status, or political affiliation. Prohibits, generally, taking or influencing personnel actions for political or other nonmerit reasons and nepotism.
Makes the head of each agency responsible for the prevention of prohibited personnel practices, for the compliance with and enforcement of applicable civil service laws, rules and regulations, and for other aspects of personnel management.
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