Recommendations Forestalled or Forgotten? The National Commission on the Public Service and Presidential Appointments

Bibliographic Data

ID10397828
AuthorsPaul Light (New York University, corresponding author), Paul C Light
Year2007
Volume67
Issue3
Pages408-417
Publication date2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Administration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00724.x
OpenAlexW2021689913
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

Nearly two decades after the first Volcker Commission issued its report on the federal public service, the presidential appointment and confirmation process remains long, cumbersome, intensive, and embarrassing. As the evidence presented in this essay suggests, the process may attract people who are motivated more by personal rewards than by the intrinsic value of public service. Although recent administrations have displayed little enthusiasm for reforming the federal appointment process, the best hope for change may reside in future presidents’ desire to assert tight political control over executive departments

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