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  2. Merit system - Wikipedia

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    To maintain power over a large, sprawling empire, the government maintained a complex network of officials. [1] Prospective officials could come from a rural background and government positions were not restricted to the nobility. Rank was determined by merit, through the civil service examinations, and education became the key for social ...

  3. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    The one million mark was surpassed in the early 1940s, with a record 3.3 million people recorded as part of the federal civil service by 1945. This figure then receded to 2.1 million by October 1946. [21] In the early 19th century, positions in the federal government were held at the pleasure of the president—a person could be fired at any time.

  4. Excepted service - Wikipedia

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    The current statute (5 U.S.C. section 7511(b)) excludes certain positions, including anyone whose appointment was made by the advice and consent of the Senate, anyone appointed by the President, anyone whose position was determined to be of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character by the President or the ...

  5. Public sector - Wikipedia

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    Complete outsourcing or contracting out, with a privately owned corporation delivering the entire service on behalf of the government. This may be considered a mixture of private sector operations with public ownership of assets, although in some forms the private sector's control and/or risk is so great that the service may no longer be ...

  6. Pros and cons of government 457(b) retirement plans - AOL

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    Pros and cons of government 457(b) retirement plans. James Royal, Ph.D. February 14, 2024 at 1:41 PM. Like its better-known sibling — the 401(k) — a 457(b) retirement plan is a tax-advantaged ...

  7. Issues in higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These students have lived in the United States for more than 5 years and most were often brought to the United States by their parents as young children. [113] This leaves the U.S. Government with the question of what rights to give the undocumented immigrants after they finish high school, particularly with access to higher education.

  8. Category:Government occupations - Wikipedia

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  9. Public interest - Wikipedia

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    In social science and economics, public interest is "the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society. [1] While it has earlier philosophical roots and is considered to be at the core of democratic theories of government, often paired with two other concepts, convenience and necessity, it first became explicitly integrated into governance instruments in the early part of the 20th ...