Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.TitleThe Federal Civil Service: The Demise of an Institution.AuthorsThompson, James R.AbstractRecent changes in federal personnel practices, ostensibly for the purpose of “performance,” serve to deprive the civil service of its moral content and hence to undermine its viability as an institution.SubjectsNATIONAL service; LAW enforcement; PUBLIC administration; PUBLIC officers; CIVIL service; UNITED States politics &; governmentPublicationPublic Administration Review, 2006, Vol 66, Issue 4, p496ISSN0033-3352Publication typeArticleDOI10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00609.x