Today marks 100 years to the day that Britain joined the First World War.
The United States Civil Service Commission was a government agency of the federal government of the United States which was created to select employees of federal government on merit rather than relationships.resident Hayes' successor, James A. Garfield, advocated Civil Service reform, but was assassinated by a rejected office seeker, Charles J. Guiteau. Guiteau wanted a job via the spoils system, also known as patronage.
Civil Service is a merit system of employment that hires, retains and promotes people based on their qualifications and ability to perform the job. The Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission administers the Commonwealth's merit system for 37 state agencies having almost 57,000 civil service employees.