Author Question: Since the 1930s, pressure from the federal government on states to adopt merit employment and pay ... (Read 111 times)

pragya sharda · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Since the 1930s, pressure from the federal government on states to adopt merit employment and pay attention to other employment practices has come from __________.

a. conditions attached to federal grants and federal laws prohibiting hiring discrimination
b. returning governmental authority to states and rulings by the Supreme Court
c. increased appointment powers of the president
d. sunset laws and anti-revolving-door legislation passed by the U.S. Congress

Question 2

To better serve the public, some reform advocates have pushed for __________.

a. decentralization of personnel systems in Texas
b. the elimination of most merit-based positions in bureaucratic agencies
c. the creation of a patronage appointment panel for administering state employment
d. a merit employment system based somewhat on U.S. law