the federal trade commission is in charge of enforcing the pendleton act of 1883.
the federal trade commission is in charge of enforcing the pendleton act of 1883.
who is in charge of enforcing the pendleton act of 1883?
federal trade commission
the civil service reform act (called "the pendleton act") is an 1883 federal law that created the united states civil service commission. it eventually placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called "spoils system". drafted during the chester a. arthur administration, the pendleton act served as a response to president james garfield's assassination by a disappointed office seeker. the act was passed into law in january 1883; it was sponsored by democratic senator george h. pendleton of ohio. it was drafted by dorman bridgman eaton, a leading reformer who became the first chairman of the u.s. civil service commission. its most famous commissioner was theodore roosevelt (1889–95).
u.s. civil service reform
after the assassination of james a. garfield by a rejected office-seeker in 1881, the calls for civil service reform intensified. moderation of the spoils system at the federal level came with the passage of the pendleton act in 1883, which created a bipartisan civil service commission to evaluate job candidates on a nonpartisan merit basis. while few jobs were covered under the law initially, the law allowed the president to transfer jobs and their current holders into the system, thus giving the holder a permanent job. the pendleton act's reach was expanded as the two main political parties alternated control of the white house every election between 1884 and 1896. after each election the outgoing president applied the pendleton act to jobs held by his political supporters. by 1900, most federal jobs were handled through civil service and the spoils system was limited only to very senior positions.
spoils system