Describe five distinct stage in growth of the American electorate?

Answer 1

1. The staid, able service of the founding period.

2. The spoils era, when national elections were gigantic lotteries, with Government employment as the prize.

3. The early, unspectacular years of the competitive civil service, when high-level professional and executive career jobs were relatively few.

4. The beginning of the modern civil service, whose career employees serve worldwide in assignments requiring high levels of professional and executive capacity, judgment, energy, and skill.

5. The 25 years since passage of the Civil Service Reform Act in 1978, with continuing commitment to merit principles, and increased emphasis and sharper focus on performance management.

Answer 2

1. The staid, able service of the founding period.

2. The spoils era, when national elections were gigantic lotteries, with Government employment as the prize.

3. The early, unspectacular years of the competitive civil service, when high-level professional and executive career jobs were relatively few.

4. The beginning of the modern civil service, whose career employees serve worldwide in assignments requiring high levels of professional and executive capacity, judgment, energy, and skill.

5. The 25 years since passage of the Civil Service Reform Act in 1978, with continuing commitment to merit principles, and increased emphasis and sharper focus on performance management.