Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24
EIGHT CIVIL SERVICE
CHANGES OUTLINED
BY DR.. f. B. ROSA
Presents Program for Fed
eral Offices From Viewpoint
of Administrative Heads.

Eight improvements in procedure and
conditions affecting the civil service
were outlined by DIR. Il. b. Rosa, chief
physicist of the bureau of standards.
in the course of an address on "a Re
organized Civil Service" made under
the auspices of the Washington Acad-
envy of Sciences. meeting at the New
National Museum last night.
DIR. Rosa's program, presented from
tne viewpoint of the administrative
ofhclals OF the government service
here. contains the following eight
suggestions
i system of standardized positions
with more adequate salaries, and pro-
VISIONS Tor revising it and keeping it
up-to-date.
An enlarged and strengthened Civil
Service Commission
An advisory council to the commits
SION consisting of representatives of
employees and administrators.
( civil service extension agents or
mason "thcers detailed to the various
departments.
/ Personnel committees in all the va
fious bureaus and departments to as
Isist the administration of the person
mel
Employees committees and system
attic provision for hearing and an
lsWerinS complaints.
Efficiency ratings and promotions
based on the same
| The removal of restrictions on trans
fers and the provision of a transfer
register at the Civil Service Commits
sion to facilitate deserved and able
! transfers.
would complete and greatly strength
en- the present civil service system"
DR.. Rosa declared.
! DIR. ROsa's Suggestions,
Celebrating upon the changes pro-
posed, DIR. Rosa declared:
j An efficiency record for all en-
ployes Cat least below the senior
i srade) would be kept, and all increases
! IN salary or promotions in grade would
! be made in the light of this record
ana the proved ability and perform
i ance of employees. Optional COMPETE
1--WE examinations for eligibility to
| higher positions may be held whenever
| FOUND necessary or desirable, and the
results of such examinations be taken
| INTO account in making promotions
me entire personnel of each bureau
i or administrative unit should be re-
viewed at least once each year for the
purpose of noting the development and
EMERGENCY of employees and making de-
served promotions. Advances in SAL
airy or promotions in grade may be
made at any time. provided they are
merlted and in accord with the CLASH
icatloh OF the service and the rules
| Oh the Civil Service Commission.
Appointments would be made as
heretofore upon certification by the
civil Service Commission. Names GER
tihed Tor any position may include
those OF persons eligible for transfer
or reinstatement. Any employee may
apply to the commission for transfer.
and be placed on transfer register
| II the commission approves his reason
Tor seeking transfer. Transfers may
also be made as now at the request Of
an administrative officer
Administrative Makeup,
Personnel committees are recon-
mended to be established in every bu-
reau or administrative unit to assist
the chief administrative officer in the
bureau in matters connected with
promotions and appointments. Special
committees to represent the employees
are also recommended where they ap-
pear necessary or are desired by the
employees.
The Civil Service Commission will
have extension agents either located
, IN the various departments and bu-
reaus or going about from bureau to
bureau to keep in touch with appoint
ments and promotions, to advise the
administrative officers with respect
TO personnel matters and civil service
procedure, and to obtain information
for the commission concerning the
needs OF the service and the admins
tration of personnel matters in the
various bureaus and departments.
I Any emplOye having a complaint to
make concerning his salary or civil
service status may take it to his i'm
mediate superior, to the chief, or to
the personnel committee of his bu-
reau, or finally to the Civil Service
Commission. Unfounded complaints
will be answered, when complaints are
well founded, conditions may be cor
rected.
Examination for Promotion.
can examination may be required
for promotion whenever the chief |
of bureau or the Civil Service Com |
mission believes that the records and |
information available are not sutfi- !
cient to enable a satisfactory de- |
; cision to be made, or when an en- |
ploye appeals to the commission from |
the decision that has been made"
After the address the following |
participated in a discussion of the !
governm S employment policy and !
its relation to efficiency in the |
government service: Col. w. 4. |
Greeley. chief forester, Department |:
of Agriculture. and president of the /
Federal Club; Paul F. Myers. deputy |
commissioner of internal revenue; DR.. j
George Otis Smith. director of the ,
geological survey; DR.. F. G. Cottrell, !
director of the bureau of mines; !
tary. Federal Power Commission: !
Martin 4. Morrison. president of the |!
Civil Service Commission. and Lewis i
Merriam, assistant director, Institute !
of Government Research. !;