they are typically willing to work with, you know, a professional civil service, a nonpartisan civil service is actually one of the great achievements of american history. in the after the civil war in the late 19th century, you had laws like the pendleton act that were enacted in order to get us away from a spoils system, where each new newly elected president would come in and hand out jobs like political gifts. you'd have a professional civil service that would carry over from one administration to the next for the sake of stability in government for for for for expertise, government and more. a moment ago, you mentioned the respective roles of the civil servants versus the political appointees. maybe you could unpack that a little bit. what are the respective roles of the political appointees and the civil service? well, i think at the end of the day, i'm just as i said, you know, the secretary is the supervisor of that agency, whether people like it or not, whoever is appointed and confirmed is in charge, the views of the president are on one hand a important component but but bu

george pendleton, the pendleton civil service act creates the modern us civil service. the next election was 1884, the only one that didn't feature an ohioan. but even this was instructive. the republicans, a guy named james g. blaine, who was not from ohio and did not serve in the civil and they lost to cleveland. the gop would not make that mistake for the rest of the century. so next, the election of 1888, they settle. benjamin harrison. he's born and in ohio, he is the grandson son of william henry harrison. he graduated from miami in oxford, set up a practice and a law practice in indianapolis. then he joins the civil war as captain finishes as a brevet brigadier general. rise is in national politics. in the 1888 republican convention, he checked all the requisite boxes. are you from ohio? check. did you serve the civil war? check? okay. you're our guy. he also had the advantage of his pedigree. and in the subsequent, the republicans sold him as much or more as the firm. his relationship to his grandpa, william henry harrison, as they did for his own merits. and al

you are 32, just arrived in the civil service and you're - in the civil service and you�*re telling aller go. yes. did you have any idea of what you are doing this or is it youth and neighbour when you just said what you thought? yes, i said what i thought i didn�*t realise i wasn�*t supposed to come if you see what i mean. i didn�*t come with any sense, obviously i completely respected the politicians that i worked for and respected my bosses but myjob, our job, was to essentially get as many people off the streets and stop them being replaced as was humanly possible so it was a strategy not only to deal with the people there, but to stop new people arriving onto the street and make sure people did not come back. mitt; the street and make sure people did not come back. ~ , ., , , , ., not come back. why homelessness? you “oined not come back. why homelessness? you joined shelter — not come back. why homelessness? you joined shelter and _ not come back. why homelessness? you joined shelter and for _ not come back. why homelessness? you joined shelter and for that _ not come back. why ho

, it took them about six to nine months to persuade the rest of the civil service it should be direct and within my first 2a ——director level and within my first 2a hours, they really lovely people who had been given to me god love them, to help deal with this, had written something we called a submission which is you submit this note to ministers and they basically said, hello, minister, i am your director of rough sleeping, this is a very stretching target, it would be terribly difficult to achieve, we are not sure what that is going to happen but we will do a lot of good work along the way, as a protective mechanism and they were concerned to make sure the kid did not fail and i was, like, seriously, everyone. i got them all into the office and i went, i have waited a long time for a government to turn around and say here is 30 million and a target, will get the whole of the cabinet to be focused on ending rough sleeping, anybody who does not think that is doable, you need to find anotherjob now. i was not the easiest people but it set out a different of thinking. you are 32, just

civil service is meant to do.e six off she can six months off and then she can come so at the moment come back. so at the moment she's a gardening break, she's on a gardening break, enjoying sun, then enjoying the sun, and then she'll in she'll start, i believe, in october yeah, october with labour. but yeah, this well on her this doesn't reflect well on her or arguably keir starmer , but is or arguably keir starmer, but is it the big gotcha? is it them dancing or getting drunk together and wearing braces ? together and wearing braces? yeah. and no. will it be? will it be used as a stick to- / i: vii“ . 327 will it be used as a stick to beat uwwwuw— it be used as a stick to beat anyway regardless? well yeah, but anyway regardless? well yeah, we we — anyway regardless? well yeah, ouiiiie owne— anyway regardless? well yeah, but the thing is— anyway regardless? well yeah, but the thing is then you know, the but the thing is then you know, we owne— but the thing is then you know, the thing about— but the thing is then

civil service is meant to do.ke six off she can six months off and then she can come so at the moment come back. so at the moment she's a gardening break, she's on a gardening break, enjoying sun, then enjoying the sun, and then she'll in she'll start, i believe, in october yeah, october with labour. but yeah, this well on her this doesn't reflect well on her or arguably keir starmer , but is or arguably keir starmer, but is it the big gotcha? is it them dancing or getting drunk together and wearing braces ? together and wearing braces? yeah. and no. will it be? will it be used as a stick to- / i: vii“ . 327 will it be used as a stick to beat anyway— it be used as a stick to beat anyway regardless? well yeah, but anyway regardless? well yeah, iui ine — anyway regardless? well yeah, iuiine inne— anyway regardless? well yeah, but the thing is— anyway regardless? well yeah, but the thing is then you know, the but the thing is then you know, ine inne— but the thing is then you know, the thing about— but the thing is t

immediate speculations —— macromedia spec version, as they put it, that she may have broken the civil service spoke to him in 22 about this. it said it would rule on that, there was no evidence that they had found that she had made any decisions which favoured labour. that may become important again next week because the cabinet office minister has tabled a ministerial statement for monday in which they will say she broke the civil service code. when she spoke to labour. thanks for the latest on both and stories. italian police have said the man who carved his name into the woes of the coliseum last week as a tourist from the uk. let's show you the pictures, the uk. let's show you the pictures, the incident was filmed by another visitor who reprimanded the man verbally before handing the according to security officials. the nearly 2000 year old coliseum is one of the best—known symbols of imperial rome and is protected as a unesco world heritage site. —— the colosseum. let's speak to an italian journalist, thank you for being here on the programme. give me an idea of the sort of reaction ther

is it good for the civil service. — sack. is it good for the civil service, what _ sack.l- service, what sue grey did? is that something — service, what sue grey did? is that something you condone? talking to the opposition when she's working for the _ the opposition when she's working for the prime minister. the opposition when she's working forthe prime minister. | the opposition when she's working for the prime minister.— for the prime minister. i think that's untrue _ for the prime minister. i think that's untrue and _ for the prime minister. i think that's untrue and i _ for the prime minister. i think that's untrue and i think - for the prime minister. i think that's untrue and i think you i for the prime minister. i think - that's untrue and i think you have to be careful what you say. you can't chuck around things like that. let's bring in bob. this is a week when rishi sunak wanted to be on the world stage. he comes back and he is drawn back into the mire. he has come back after getting the new atlantic deal which is a pretty big deal, fantastic achievement. i ag

| the civil service. what's your view is that, mr cameron?— the civil service.lent to that in charge of resilience is an excellent idea and i think the government themselves have suggested that. i would personally keep that within the national security council architecture. but then you do need a minister to take responsibility for two reasons — one, otherwise, it there's a danger that ministers are in the cabinet table think that threats, hassles and resilience is taken care of someone else, by a civil servant. and the second is that in not anyway to denigrate the incredible work civil servants too but i think ministers often come at these problems on a committee asking the question, here's with the information, what are we going to do, what is the outcome of this meeting, what will we do that is different? ifind that meeting, what will we do that is different? i find that chairing cobra as often as i did, that is what the prime minister or another politician brings, is that heroes all the information, but what's the action, what will be to? i think it would be

my view is to have a civil service that works — my view is to have a civil service that works for britainin a changed _ that works for britain? we live in a changed society. it is that works for britain? we live in a changed society-— changed society. it is obviously a very difficult _ changed society. it is obviously a very difficult economic _ changed society. it is obviously a very difficult economic challenge | changed society. it is obviously a i very difficult economic challenge at the moment, inflation coming down as fast as it was hoped, interest rates having to rise. is that a failure of as you say the blob or is it a failure of this government? the prime minister _ failure of this government? the prime minister has been really clear that one _ prime minister has been really clear that one of— prime minister has been really clear that one of his top priorities is tackling — that one of his top priorities is tackling inflation. your viewers will understand when they go to the supermarket on a friday whatever day they go _ supermarket on a friday whatever day they go that there is

so actually he was not under civil service and his own agents were not under civil service. so the clerical parts of the fbi were in the civil service. but hoover worked very hard over his career to keep his agents of civil service because that meant that he could hire his own people in the way that he wanted them. and he was very successful at that. so he was not formally a and anyone could have any attorney general could have fired him. and president could have fired him. and they did not. and the hypothetical of his right into that line is 1968 different. robert kennedy wins the presidency. would hoover have survived or roberts president? see, i don't think so, although one of the things that became a sort of a board in public conversation because was robert kennedy was assassin in in june as as the campaign was still going was that robert kennedy was denying that he had signed the wiretap orders for martin luther king, which he fact had done as attorney general. and the fbi was very busy, the scenes gathering all of this information and everything that they had that had

ms gray quit the civil service in march, prompting fury in government and claims rules had been brokene government wanted to stop ms gray working for labourfor a year, with a further six months of restrictions, but reports suggest the advisory appointments committee is recommending she could start the job six months after leaving the civil service. the confederation of british industry is facing a crunch vote today which will decide its future after a series of scandals. dozens of companies suspended or terminated their membership of the business lobbying group after allegations of serious sexual misconduct emerged earlier this year. members are now being asked to back proposed changes to the way the cbi is governed and run. our business reporter ben king has more on this. so the cbi was one of the most influential lobby groups in the country. its purpose was to represent the interests of government to business, which it did, in many people's view, very effectively. it was one of the groups, for example, that helped to design the furlough scheme, which paid a portion of people's wages

they're saying a very militant or politicised civil service. vernment should be ttomo—ottom- what the government should be doing about proper doing is bringing about proper yout— doing is bringing about proper your—stout- doing is bringing about proper your—should be. your government should be bringing— your government should be bringing proper plans that bringing about proper plans that ootuotty— bringing about proper plans that actually-executed- bringing about proper plans that actually executed and the actually can be executed and the cut— actually can be executed and the cut sowtoo— actually can be executed and the civil service can— actually can be executed and the civil service can actually tottwot— civil service can actually tottwot .— civil service can actually deliver .imean,- civil service can actually deliver . mean, have got deliver. i mean, we have got smoo— deliver. i mean, we have got omoo-toot— deliver. i mean, we have got since-last gina,- deliver. i mean, we have got since last gina, the bring since the last gina, the bring tu

is civil service. still about a year out. i know that the civil service commission has been trying to streamline the process, so it doesn't take a year to onboard somebody. no, i mean it's always been less than a year just but yes, there's a lot of rules changes in progress right now, and we've already seen reductions in the amount of time to hire. those efforts are ongoing and continue, and we hope it will be far less than that. i think i don't want to predict how long it would take. but no, it will not take that long. if someone's already in civil service, obviously a shorter time, um, when they're playing alright, correct. they don't have to start transfer. there's various mechanisms. big and who would be, um, drafting the civil service job description for the investigator ? positions would the inspector general be playing a role in that with dhr primarily be doing that if it doesn't i believe their existing classifications already is that correct? time all the classifications exist, so we already have the class descriptio

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four we talk about the civil service commission submission, the department continues to work closely ith all city departments to meet the growing demand for public service employees. the department supports the mayor's initiatives of accountability and equity and services by conducting trainings investigations and appeal hearings. csc reviews policies current practices to facilitate rule or policy amendments to expedite and expand equity in hiring department staff, educates employees and union representatives to increase their knowledge of merit system impacts on city employees and what employees can do to gain promotional opportunities with this. the city civil service commission also works closely with the city attorney's office and office of contract management. um when it comes to processing of personal service contracts and how we can do this much more efficiently. and the next slide and slide five. you will see performance measures. now how the performance measures inform how we are reaching our objectives. you will see that focuses on the percentage of appeals that are resolved

we need attract people to the civil service. i'm saying you attract them to civil service if you don't take nine months to hire them, which requires somebody authority. if you give them real responsibility when they get there so they can a difference and nobody to law physics. it's a law of organizational. nobody's going to be given unless they can be accountable. and we've created these these these structures that are designed around the sort of a precautionary principle, if anything might go wrong, then you prohibit it, including basic personnel choices. well, what means is you you people from government service. so so i think that's part of the solution but i think the to me, when we come back to it the overall. impression i have from speakers today is that there's a. is is there's a need a new vision and, a break in that new vision i think has to be based on coherent coherent principles that the public that paul likes talking about is just satisfied can understand and hopefully agree with. and serve the new vision of how the

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of life since childhood, i wanted to connect my life path with professional activities in the civil serviceecided that this was the closest thing to me . because you can not ensure the economic security of the republic of belarus. i think that this area is very interesting to me and very good. it suits me the ninth thought about a career as a civil servant and specifically in the field of economics. that is, we have. and now especially quite difficult times actually and well i believe that the development of the economy. it is, in principle, paramount and in general. in principle, i really love our country and really want it to develop actively. in fact, from childhood i plan my activities, that is, who i will be, well , somewhere i dream a little. i have always seen myself as a man in uniform, a defender of my fatherland in the palace of independence; today, those who, on the path to knowledge, were not afraid and did not save, and her vocation came in no way with capital letters about their departments and disciplines. they can talk for hours and promise to study today. interestingly, thi

— taking back control of the civil service-ere— taking back control of the civil service - are now -obody. you could well be right. i don't know . well, i love the i don't know. well, i love the honesty. at least i love the honesty. at least i love the honesty we've just gone through 9000 people that have crossed the english channel so far this yeah the english channel so far this year. i was out of a channel myself on monday. i was so enraged, aged by the sunak spin last monday, monday week back suggesting, oh, the crossings are 20% down. we've got it under control. we haven't, have we? well, it certainly doesn't feel we— well, it certainly doesn't feel we wew— well, it certainly doesn't feel the way ewe— well, it certainly doesn't feel that way and i— well, it certainly doesn't feel that way and i think it will eww— that way and i think it will eww eww— that way and i think it will only start feeling that way once a only start feeling that way once e tet— only start feeling that way once e iet ei— only start feeling that way once e iet ei we— only start feeling that way once a lot

can - civil service and came back with a timetable to say, we can have - civil service and came back to be quicker. and it- tuesdays. borisjohnson said no, it needs to be quicker. and it was- needs to be quicker. and it was rolled _ needs to be quicker. and it was rolled out— needs to be quicker. and it was rolled out quicker. _ needs to be quicker. and it was rolled out quicker. similarly- needs to be quicker. and it wasi rolled out quicker. similarly with ukraine. — rolled out quicker. similarly with ukraine, when— rolled out quicker. similarly with ukraine, when he _ rolled out quicker. similarly with ukraine, when he is— rolled out quicker. similarly with ukraine, when he is focused - rolled out quicker. similarly with ukraine, when he is focused on. rolled out quicker. similarly with . ukraine, when he is focused on the issues _ ukraine, when he is focused on the issues at _ ukraine, when he is focused on the issues at hand. _ ukraine, when he is focused on the issues at hand, he _ ukraine, when he is focused on the issues at hand, he can _ ukraine, when he is focused on the iss

and that is why the civil service are going to be the civil service are going to te tneir— the civil king this. i'm going to be quite blunt about it.— for asking this. i'm going to be quite blunt about it. do- g i'm going to be quite blunt about it. do you teet— quite blunt about it. do you teei tnat— quite blunt about it. do you feel that when— quite blunt about it. do you feel that when it comes to this eernetee— feel that when it comes to this sometimes that— feel that when it comes to this sometimes that there is an eienent— sometimes that there is an eienent et— sometimes that there is an element of protection, maybe attertet— element of protection, maybe afforded-certain - element of protection, maybe afforded certain more afforded to certain more tertnrignt— afforded to certain more forthright elements of the tritien— forthright elements of the british muslim community? then tnere— british muslim community? then tnere ie— british muslim community? then tnere ie trern — british muslim community? then tnere ie trern ,— british muslim community? then there is from , you— british m