Our work on the public workforce focuses on how policymakers can improve the systems and structures that govern public workforces to ensure that governments are equipped to meet the needs of the American public and achieve their missions.
2/25/26
Margaret Mullins analyzes the history of the civil service and offers a recommendation for improving federal hiring moving forward. The paper recommends decentralizing of personnel management authorities to give agencies the flexibility they need to better advance and achieve their specific missions.
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