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  • 1civil service — 1. those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services. 2. the body of persons employed in these branches. 3. a system or method of appointing government employees on the basis of… …

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  • 2civil service — ˌcivil ˈservice noun the civil service the government departments of a country and the people who work for them : • Before taking up his present job, he used to work in the civil service. * * * civil service UK US noun [S] GOVERNMENT ► the… …

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  • 3Civil service of Japan — The Japanese civil service has over one million employees, with 400,000 workers in postal service, or Japan Post (since 2003), being the biggest part, whilst the Japanese Self Defence Force being the second biggest, with 247,000 personnel. In the …

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  • 4Civil service of the Republic of Ireland — Ireland This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Republic of Ireland …

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  • 5Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 — The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, (October 13, 1978, Pub.L. 95 454, 92 Stat. 1111) (CSRA), reformed the civil service of the United States federal government. The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 abolished the U.S. Civil Service… …

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  • 6civil service —    The origin of the civil service goes back to Napoleon in practice, and to the works of Max Weber in principle. In Weber’s ideal type, the civil service should be a rational model of decision making in which information flows up to the relevant …

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  • 7Nigerian Civil Service — Nigeria This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Nigeria Constitution President (List) …

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  • 8European Civil Service — European Union This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the European Union …

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  • 9French Civil Service — The French Civil Service (French: fonction publique française) is the set of civil servants (fonctionnaires) working for the French government. Not all employees of the state and public institutions or corporations are civil servants; however,… …

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  • 10United States Civil Service Commission — The United States Civil Service Commission a three man commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act,[1] which was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The commission was created to administer the civil service of the United… …

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