merit system
noun
: a system by which appointments and promotions in the civil service are based on competence rather than political favoritism
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Top applicants in the merit system will be considered by a panel consisting of the city manager, deputy city manager, assistant city manager, city finance director and the police chief.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
In 1978, Congress passed the Civil Service Reform Act, to shield the merit system with enforceable rights so that most federal workers can be fired only for a legitimate reason.
—Brian Witte, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Congress shaped the administrative state through the Pendleton Act of 1883, creating the merit system for civil servants, and the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946, requiring participatory rulemaking in creating regulations.
—Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
Colangelo hired Diamantis’ daughter for a $99,000 a year job outside the merit system.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
In 1978, Congress passed the Civil Service Reform Act, to shield the merit system with enforceable rights so that most federal workers can be fired only for a legitimate reason.
—Brian Witte, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Congress shaped the administrative state through the Pendleton Act of 1883, creating the merit system for civil servants, and the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946, requiring participatory rulemaking in creating regulations.
—Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
Colangelo hired Diamantis’ daughter for a $99,000 a year job outside the merit system.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024
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“Merit system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merit%20system. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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