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THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE: BOLD
EXPERIMENT IN MANAGING THE GOVERNMENT
Roberl i. Higinl
On July I, 1979. the Senior Fxecutive Ser wce ISES)
came into being. SES ,as created by title i o the
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 fAct) :. to proide
the tiexibility needed by agencies to recruit and retain
the highly comprtent and qualified executiict, needed
to pro ide more effecti e management * * *.' Or. a%
othewise stated in the Reform Act. it- purposc ik -io
ensure that the ewecuuse management of the Goern-
ment of the United States ts rcsponwshe to th needs.
policies, and goas ot the Nation and otherwist , the
highest qualit.' AAn it (amphAl. )ireetor of the
Office of PMronrei Management i OP MiL calls SES
th! cornerstone of our f;oits to im pro %e the Federal
personnel management sstem * 0 *'
These are higfsounding phraw% indeed, but th kgls-
latime hitor of SES shoms that nt eIcry one Nh;rcd
these ioltt 'ie s of 0t, purpose Some memneit ot
Congress said that it wa, nothing more than a dcxice
to politiciie the top career rank, ot the Iederal
Gosernmcnt to the ad~xntage of the part> in pot
Others harkcnCd back to the elforts mf !ornmr Pre,-
dent Nixon to make the burca e,,ix more respon-
%sve to his vkihe.s Depite tiece rnigt ine ,tluit
SFS. it uried -ha!l-nge, !t hoth. th louse and the
Senate and Ias enactd a, pan o: the Rform t
What then I, the truth about v , nv u r k it a
significant step furiard that ili impo\ the uahtt
of public % ir\ c. or it a ncgk T pohtiTa! sp Xem
that i!V primarilk lnlprx e l patrona ,T bcetit,
asaitable to the adn mlstrauon In po\ er at ari lt\ ,fl
time? Aki%. dear re;d:,r do not pkt thu \ hen.
It is omloulx1 toil 7oop tojel
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STA T1TORY PROl FCTIONS FOR
( AREER EXECUTIVES
As a re'vlit of th. rcer ation exprescd about SES. a
TLumKr of safeCguarIds A ere l uilt into the IeisIation to
pIOtect career c\, k t°i\ cs and guard against undue
pohitictlatn. Perhatps the iioItt itnprolttnt ,NtIguard
is thav the total- uer 0 nonrI r IIIc\(tsC Is
limited to 1i0 percent o! the total StS poslions.
Athoagh prortron oi noncarcr appointments
ii \ 't a mong ,iei? \ it hi the Ix er)ll W0 percent
himi, no ageh' tina haxe more thanl 25 percent non-
arr AFS po+ltiovi I /he \ct ilso permits limited
tein appolnmcnz lor 3 ,cars at less t' positions
%%hieh id! thel Cepirel and limited emCrgCntc
appolntmnt% t!t I mont hs or !c% to met bona tide.
unantl ¢\ialJ. t.rgcnt niccd'. Ihc. lhmted appoint-
IWent I r not re c eabtc alnd nit - not a eced 5 percent
ot the tOrt *,, t cr ol SI Is plItions (i itrnMintl-\% 10c,
i h ,,,' re at katt ',5 perct-n o tt t ir \ ceutixcs
Silt he wir *t~ ppointee% Bill x hit i I c'irceT
app, ,nthee-r I he Act de , the+ term ,, an finldIa idulal
ax he ipp gment t .1 S i based on ipproll
In the ttitce ot Pert~foniei \1ana~eert~ii of the e.ciecu-
Q1 quadht x 11;ri of sttch indi\ldia
I hc \ t AVso pr wldeN lhal mmiiji!lutda!on ;tindards or
,At,!, sI pAo-1t1-l hail hC eslihed OILen\
head I rther it more tl in )0 percent oI SLS po'l-
tonj Imax at At\ tilme be ht1d h\ pet I'On' A hl) did not
haxe %c atln in!1r :in the1 ux' 1 t ice i, mnlle-
drtl' t p iI to heil initial s I S.iIpp nt It ,- i llt , t11e-
the I'eident lit ICs to the ( tirwls thIat thl tinilta-
:- I Iultd hIider the etl 1 enca tI the ( I rI in It n
I Iw 1 \ ,,-w m i1i. perl mlittl the I'residctn tollx l-
all ti te g \x,; e. t't ~lr reqtmti emerlt. it, erkns thib
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