After President James A. Garfield was assassinated in 1881, Congress passed and President Chester A. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law in 1883. Before the Pendleton Act, ...
President Donald Trump was known for his liberal use of the phrase “you’re fired” on his TV show “The Apprentice.” However, he will find it considerably more difficult to manage a federal bureaucracy ...
Back in 1883, the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act provided for the selection of some government employees by competitive Civil Service exams rather than ties to politicians and made it illegal to ...