Word: hires
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that promises the first comprehensive reform of the civil service since it was established 95 years ago in place of the politically dominated spoils system. The program, says Carter's reorganization chief, Harrison Wellford, will "put the work ethic back into public service." Managers will be able to hire, fire and transfer personnel more easily and offer cash incentives for good work. Given Carter's track record, there is no telling how hard he will push his proposal. It is equally uncertain how it will be received on Capitol Hill, since members of Congress have close ties...
...attention, intensive career planning, openness with information. Scratch any chief executive officer and he will say that compared with their older supervisors, managers aged 27 to 35 are not only more determined to enjoy their personal lives but also more socially aware, more in favor of affirmative action to hire women and minorities...
...Harvard did not win without a considerable amount of organization, planning and aggressiveness. The University's lobbying efforts on the DNA issue have led administrators to take frequent trips to Washington, hire a registered lobbyist, and even draft a bill mandating federal control over DNA research and safety guidelines...
...Improvements" [Jan. 23] made me realize why J. Edgar Hoover had FBI men do his repair work. Since bugs or bombs could have easily been planted by repairmen, wasn't it safer and more economical for loyal employees to do the work? An alternative would have been to hire outside help and assign a loyal agent to watch each repairman...
...Health, Education and Welfare rejected the hospital's request for federal funds to build the wing. But Flood bypassed HEW by attaching a $14.5 million grant for the hospital to a bill appropriating antipoverty funds for the federal Community Services Administration. Later Flood urged the hospital to hire Pennsylvania Congressman Joshua Eilberg's law firm in Philadelphia to arrange a bond issue that raised an added $39.5 million for the wing. For its work, the firm received...