Since the 1800s, Congress has enacted laws to ensure that federal workers are hired on the basis of their professional qualifications - not their political loyalty.
- Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs Emeritus, Indiana University
It might sound right that if you do what your boss says, you’re doing a good job. But it’s different if your obligations are to the public interest and the Constitution.
Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants who are committed to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.
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