Back in the 1990s while working for the Clinton administration’s U.S. Office of Personnel Management, I wrote articles in ...

Back in the 1990s while working for the Clinton administration’s U.S. Office of Personnel Management, I wrote articles in ...

From Washington to Trump, every era has redefined the rules of federal employment. If you could set the clock, which version ...

Detail the “basics” of the spoils system and how it operated by the 1860s. Define the pros, cons, and challenges of the spoils system, as discussed by Eric Yellin.

DANIEL SCHORR: A long time ago, in the era of Andrew Jackson, it was called the spoils system. To the leader belonged the spoils. It was also called patronage. ELVING: Andrew Jackson saw no reason not ...

DANIEL SCHORR: A long time ago, in the era of Andrew Jackson, it was called the spoils system. To the leader belonged the spoils. It was also called patronage. ELVING: Andrew Jackson saw no reason ...

Opinion: In our state, as across the nation, we worked with Democrats and Republicans and understood that competent public servants are the backbone of effective government.

This so-called “spoils system” — a term dating back to Andrew Jackson’s administration — empowered the president’s allies, regardless of their qualifications.

President Andrew Jackson became particularly associated with the spoils system after campaigning on rooting out corruption and firing nearly 10 percent of federal employees, ...

Trump is setting up a “spoils system” of government patronage. ... he borrowed a practice from President Andrew Jackson, who created a “spoils system” of government patronage.