Pendleton Act (1883) EnlargeDownload Link Citation: An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States, January 16, 1883; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-1996; General Records of the Uni...

1️⃣1️⃣ Civil service reform (1883)
The Pendleton Act ended patronage & limited presidential control over federal workers. The 1800s moved away from unitary power. 👔✅
#PendletonAct
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Opportunity Lab | What the quality of bureaucracy can tell us about government effectiveness Guo Xu, Associate Professor at the Haas School of Business, joined the O-Lab Faculty Network in May 2024. Xu joined Haas in 2017, where he researches the organization and development of personnel in b...

⚖️ In one paper, Xu traces the expansion of the #PendletonAct, which established rule-based selection for #civilservice workers + protected employees from being fired at-will. The Act created efficiency gains by reducing organizational disruption: www.olab.berkeley.edu/profiles-con...

Pendleton Act (1883) EnlargeDownload Link Citation: An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States, January 16, 1883; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-1996; General Records of the Uni...

Following the assassination of POTUS #JamesAGarfield by a disgruntled job seeker, #PendletonAct (1883), pushed by reformer Prez #ChesterAArthur est a merit & compt exams based sys of selecting govt officials & supervising their work.
It also made it unlawful to fire/demote officials for polt reasons

#PendletonAct please look it up

Just listened to your Senate Floor Speech 👍💪 #PendletonAct

Trump plans to fire thousands of government workers including DOJ investigators through “Schedule F” thus violating the 1883 Pendleton Act establishing the civil service. Normal stuff guys!! #notnormal #trumpadmin #doj #fascism #trump #stopTrump #civilservice #pendletonact

for what its worth, this from a quick 'chatgpt' #pendletonact