The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978:
A. created the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and the Civil Service Commission (CSC)
B. delegated all personnel administration and collective bargaining responsibilities to agencies
C. streamlined disciplinary procedures, except for dismissal procedures
D. strengthened protections for "whistle-blowers"
E. none of the above
Answer: D. strengthened protections for "whistle-blowers"
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- Which type of committee is responsible overseeing annual budgets in their entirety?
- An agency directly involved in administering monetary policy is the:
- Which of the following established a mandatory deadline for a balanced budget?
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- Which budgetary approach requires the budget agency to adopt a policy role, is characterized by a systematic policy-making style, and has a scope that includes inputs, outputs, effects, and alternatives?
- During which step of the budgetary cycle is power given to incur financial obligations?
- The legislature is not directly involved in which step of the budgetary cycle?
- Which is not a fiscal policy tool?
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- Top public managers are either elected or politically appointed; both processes are influenced by public employee organizations and the general public.
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- The president best known for his use of patronage without necessarily being known as the "patronage" president, was:
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