The Pendleton Civil Service Act (SES)

In 1883, the Pendleton Civil Service Act was created and it’s an act that creates a federal service so that hiring and granting promotions would be based on merit rather than patronage. The merit system uses entrance exam and promotion rating to find if an individual is qualified. It means the quality of the government is designed for the protecting of government workers of the risk of termination when a new party is coming to power. The OMP is a hiring office for many agencies of the government and decorative rules in the process. The SES was established by congress in 1978 to be a flexible, mobile crops senior career executives that would work with the presidential appointees to watch or manage the government.