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Originally Posted by Guest
The political workings of Washington are not like the work of running a business. You and I might very much would like it that way BUT the Civil Service laws and regulations which were put into place for employee safety prevents a lot of business acumen from taking place. While some may say these Civil Service laws are outdated, they are still law and repealing them would be next to impossible.
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Adding on to this post is that the Civil Service laws were enacted in the late 1800's to prevent political cronyism and then revised in 1949 and again in the mid 1980's.
The President has some political appointees and these employees do not have the same safety net as employees in the competitive civil service. At the end of a President's term, those political appointees are let go - without retirement benefits - and the new President will bring in his or her new appointees. These appointees are in the Excepted Service and there is always a push at the end of a Presidential term to have them get competitive positions. This is called "burrowing in". It always gave HR a headache to have to do this.
So, as much as we may not like political people vs business leaders, the business leader would not be able to work as though he were in a boardroom vs an Oval Office. Federal rules and regulations prevent that and they would be nigh impossible to get rid of by a President.