Civil Service Commission

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federal agency of the United States

The Civil Service Commission was the former U.S. federal agency responsible for overseeing the merit-based civil service system, including employee hiring, promotion, and disciplinary procedures, before its functions were largely transferred to the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Civil Service Commission	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	U.S. Civil Service Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ USCSC NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolutionCause	Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1979 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil service law ⓘ personnel management ⓘ public administration ⓘ
governanceStructure	bipartisan commission ⓘ
hasRole	administration of disciplinary procedures ⓘ administration of merit-based hiring ⓘ administration of promotion procedures ⓘ enforcement of civil service rules ⓘ oversight of federal civil service system ⓘ protection of merit system principles ⓘ regulation of political activities of federal employees ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod	New Deal era NERFINISHED ⓘ Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ post–World War II era ⓘ
inception	1883 ⓘ
legalBasis	Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMembers	3 ⓘ
oversightOf	Hatch Act compliance ⓘ classification of federal positions ⓘ competitive service positions ⓘ federal civil service examinations ⓘ federal employee appeals procedures ⓘ veterans’ preference in federal hiring ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
reformTarget	spoils system in U.S. federal employment ⓘ
replacedBy	Merit Systems Protection Board NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Office of Personnel Management NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	administering federal employment registers ⓘ developing civil service regulations ⓘ ensuring non-discriminatory hiring based on merit ⓘ investigating violations of civil service laws ⓘ promoting efficiency in the federal service ⓘ
shortName	Civil Service Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	creation following assassination of President James A. Garfield ⓘ
subjectTo	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
transferredFunctionTo	Federal Labor Relations Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ Merit Systems Protection Board NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Office of Personnel Management NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 → abolishedAgency → Civil Service Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Civil Service Commission

Executive Order 9835 → administeredBy → Civil Service Commission ⓘ

Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers → plaintiff → Civil Service Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Civil Service Commission

Office of Personnel Management → replaced → Civil Service Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Civil Service Commission

Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 → restructuredAgency → Civil Service Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Civil Service Commission