the civil service
noun
: the part of a government that takes care of the government's basic business : the administrative part of a government
—often used before another noun
a civil service employee
the civil service system
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Federal workers full of uncertainty, fear over Trump plans
How can the president exempt workers from the civil service?
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Daniel Wiessner, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
They have been used to manage public lands, the economy, the civil service and federal contractors, and to respond to various crises such as the Iran hostage situation and the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Sharece Thrower, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2025
Notable past reorganizations of the administrative state include the creation of agencies with broad regulatory power in the nineteen-thirties, the reform of the civil service in the nineteen-seventies, and the reorganization of the intelligence community after September 11, 2001.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Read: What Trump got right about national security But many of the outsiders and iconoclasts Trump has nominated for top posts have questionable qualifications, and his pledge to purge the civil service and military in order to feather both with loyalists who will do his bidding goes too far.
—Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Wiessner, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
They have been used to manage public lands, the economy, the civil service and federal contractors, and to respond to various crises such as the Iran hostage situation and the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Sharece Thrower, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2025
Notable past reorganizations of the administrative state include the creation of agencies with broad regulatory power in the nineteen-thirties, the reform of the civil service in the nineteen-seventies, and the reorganization of the intelligence community after September 11, 2001.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Read: What Trump got right about national security But many of the outsiders and iconoclasts Trump has nominated for top posts have questionable qualifications, and his pledge to purge the civil service and military in order to feather both with loyalists who will do his bidding goes too far.
—Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“The civil service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20civil%20service. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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