Oman, Ray C. et al. creator text xu| 2003 continuing ng p.1099-1104. Written by four experienced government employees, this article discusses many alarming changes that have been forced on the Federal government workplace over the past 20 years. The article identifies actions by elected and appointed officials that have greatly changed and weakened a work-place that was a model for America. Several attributes of the Federal workplace of the past and of the present are compared and contrasted. - Reproduced. Civil service - United States Civil service International Journal of Public Administration 180718