Civil Service Evaluation: The Evolving Role of the U.S. Office of PersonnelManagement. A Report Concerning Significant Actions of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management

摘要

This report is provided in accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 1206.This report addresses the role that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) plays in conducting a Governmentwide program to oversee the operations of our merit-based civil service system. It focuses on changes that have occurred since the authors last looked at OPM's evaluation program in 1992. Central to those changes are program revitalization efforts that include establishment within OPM of an Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness. This report also identifies a number of environmental factors and philosophical issues that affect OPM's efforts in this regard.