Question

The Civil Service Commission was designed to ______.

Answer 1

Answer: oversee merit-based selection for federal civil service employees

Explanation: Hi, The United States Civil Service Commission was a government agency of the federal government of the United States and was created to select employees of federal government on merit rather than relationships.

The work of the commission was mainly restricted to the lower grades of employment, and it was not until the first 20 years of the 20th century that the merit system of recruitment was expanded to cover half the posts in the federal service.

Answer 2

The United States Civil Service Commission was designed to

''oversee merit-based selection for federal civil service employees''


The commission was established in 1883 under the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.

This was eventually replaced by the United States Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board.