00566pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002300040245006000063260000900123300001500132362001200147520022200159650001800381773003300399180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aThompson, James R.  aThe federal civil service: the demise of an institution  c2006  ap.496-503.  aJul-Aug  aRecent changes in federal personnel practices, ostensibly for the purpose of "performance," serve to deprive the civil service of its moral content and hence to undermine its viability as an institution. - Reproduced.  aCivil service  aPublic Administration Review