title: Civil service reform
text: # Civil service reform
  
  Civil service reform refers to movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment, rules of conduct, etc. Relevant articles are:
  
  * On historical movements: spoils system and merit system
  * Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
  * Civil service reform in developing countries
  * Hatch Act of 1939
  * National Civil Service Reform League
  * Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
  * U.S. Civil Service Reform
  