Personnel Practices: Career Appointments of Legislative, White House, and Political Appointees

GGD-96-2 Published: Oct 10, 1995. Publicly Released: Oct 19, 1995.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the number and patterns of career appointments to the civil service made between October 1984 and June 1994.

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Topics

Human Capital

Civil service jobsCongressional employeesFederal personnel legislationGovernment job appointmentsGS grade classificationHiring policiesPersonnel managementPresidential appointmentsPresidential transitionSenior Executive Service