the civil service
noun
: the part of a government that takes care of the government's basic business : the administrative part of a government
—often used before another noun
a civil service employee
the civil service system
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His advisers are already mapping out an extensive plan to increase his power in a second term by clearing out the civil service to install more political appointees.
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Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 June 2024
Sloss went on to join the civil service as a teacher and later, in the British air force, became a noncommissioned officer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
Moreover, these groups have allies in the civil service, the judiciary, and the military.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2024
Cummings wanted to overhaul the civil service and Britain’s planning laws.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Legislation introduced last year by Rep. Gerry Connolly and Sen. Tim Kaine, both Virginia Democrats, would prevent employees from being reclassified out of the civil service without congressional approval.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Trump and the Supreme Court would likely be on the same page about some disputes, said Philip Gorski, a political sociologist at Yale University, such as his plan to purge the civil service.
—Angele Latham, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
Due-process procedures for the civil service are designed to protect the public by ensuring it is served by a nonpartisan, nonpolitical bureaucracy.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
The new Hong Kong-Europe fund is pitched as both a pilot and the second step in a government funding expansion, overseen by the venerable Film Development Council, a unit within the civil service.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 June 2024
Sloss went on to join the civil service as a teacher and later, in the British air force, became a noncommissioned officer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
Moreover, these groups have allies in the civil service, the judiciary, and the military.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2024
Cummings wanted to overhaul the civil service and Britain’s planning laws.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Legislation introduced last year by Rep. Gerry Connolly and Sen. Tim Kaine, both Virginia Democrats, would prevent employees from being reclassified out of the civil service without congressional approval.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Trump and the Supreme Court would likely be on the same page about some disputes, said Philip Gorski, a political sociologist at Yale University, such as his plan to purge the civil service.
—Angele Latham, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
Due-process procedures for the civil service are designed to protect the public by ensuring it is served by a nonpartisan, nonpolitical bureaucracy.
—Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
The new Hong Kong-Europe fund is pitched as both a pilot and the second step in a government funding expansion, overseen by the venerable Film Development Council, a unit within the civil service.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
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