00811pab a2200157 454500 180718b2006 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ingraham, Patricia Wallace Building bridges over troubled waters: merit as a guide 2006 p.486-95. Jul-Aug The federal civil service has developed in fits and starts, with specific reforms fashioned in reaction to the particular political considerations of a given time. Yet the concept of merit has remained a central, allbeit malleable, sometimes neglected, and perhaps quaint ideal. Reinvention, efficiency, and effectiveness must honor excellence and the notion of public service as a calling. - Reproduced. Civil service Public Administration Review 71247 71247 71247 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 66, Issue no: 4 AR71707 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR