I would like to work at the Department of the Treasury to manage the nation’s economy. The practice of patronage was done away with in order to minimize abuse in the federal hiring process. It started with the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. Title 5 of the U.S Code requires federal jobs to be openly competed for through the federal Office of Personnel Management. Politicians differ from bureaucrats in that they are elected while bureaucrats are permanent employees of the federal government