Changes to the Civil Service: Hollow Government or Necessary Reforms? A Conversation with Paul Light
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Changes to the Civil Service: Hollow Government or Necessary Reforms?
A Conversation with Paul Light
February 6, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 am
Partnership for Public Service
1100 New York Ave, NW
Suite 200 East
Washington, DC 20005
Is the federal workforce too large?
Should Congress cut agency resources across-the-board?
Does the civil service need to be reformed? How?
Noted scholar Paul Light will provide his perspective on these questions. In the discussion he'll touch on the state of the civil service in 2012, including threats to employees, the size and scope of the federal workforce, and the shadow world of government contracting.
Registration and continental breakfast begins at 8:30am
Discussion, followed by Q&A, follows from 9:00am-10:00am
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