Let all these tragedies not be times to mourn, but times to reflect on ourselves. Starting with this youth generation, we need to build a strong generation from the ground up through service.
A proposal from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) administration to overhaul the state's civil service structure is being criticized by a prominent...
HB 2384, a bill pending in the Kansas state legislature relating to civil service classification for public employees, advances a misguided solution i...
Republican lawmakers in Kansas are finalizing "phase one" in a plan to eliminate the state's civil service protections. The state House Appropriat...
The question is: if you resolutely pledged yourself to your dreams, what could you accomplish? Whether you dream of solving world hunger, saving the environment, or you've just always wanted to draw video game characters, the point is that no dream is too big or silly to chase.
Not only has Black wealth diminished, but so too has the existence of much of this nation's Black middle class itself. Black, White or Brown -- that is a startling reality that should have all of us deeply concerned.
NEW YORK (Jennifer Golson) - A former commodities trader pleaded guilty on Monday to threatening to kill more than 40 financial regulators, includ...
By Peter Block The death of Osama bin Laden completes a painful chapter in our history. The reaction of many is celebration. Some will use this occas...
Nearly 60 percent of Britain dislikes David Prime Minister Cameron's coalition government. Luckily for the nation, a practical solution emerged in the form of an idiot's guide written by Rod Clark.
Freezing the pay of government employees is like cutting federal funding for public broadcasting: Big headlines, minimal actual impact on the budget.
As history shows, any small, short-term budgetary gains from work force cutbacks are likely to be offset by serious regulatory missteps, more after-the-fact finger-pointing and a continuation of the cycle of failure and mistrust.
We need to make it possible for outstanding students, regardless of background or wealth, to aspire to federal service. The Roosevelt Scholars Program would be a powerful start.
Civil servants are always an easy punching bag for politicians, but Scott Brown is incorrect about civil service salaries and his call for a hiring and pay freeze is shortsighted.
CHICAGO — There's a new effort to increase volunteerism in cities nationwide. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Dal...
You've heard how government rank and file workers are working together, throughout the US and with citizens, to provide increasingly better public se...
How exactly China surpassed all of its powerful competition? Easy. They cheat. And they get caught a lot.
This is Gov 2.0. Not what you're expecting from federal civil servants, who have been seriously empowered to do their job, and told their jobs really matter -- something they haven't heard for years.
There are probably few groups as savagely maligned as career public servants, but they are the folks - the only folks -- who know how to turn good policy into good programs that actually work.
Slate's theory of patronage is overwhelmed by its own example. You can't make a case against the crusty civil service and not worry about the layer of crust Bush is leaving behind.
Mukasey declared the Justice Department hiring scandal closed yesterday. There was no criminal harm, he told the American Bar Association, therefore no foul. He is absolutely wrong.
