美國政府公務員制度之改革（1990s-2010s）：以喬治亞州、佛羅里達州和國土安全部為例   全文下載

Civil Service Reform in the United States of America(1990s-2010s): The Case Analyses of Georgia State, Florida State and Department of Homeland Security

This paper attempts to investigate radical civil service reform in the United States of America by the case analyses of Georgia State, Florida State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This paper reviews core concept of radical civil service reform--at-will employment. At-will employment adopted by all levels of U.S. government is to reform civil service for managerial flexibility. Undoubtedly, those reforms would meet a great deal of political and legal resistance. None of the plaintiffs, however, prevailed on their constitutional claims. Finally, as this paper quotes U.S. academics as saying that strong political or public support for radical reforms has not materialized in most states mainly because of a lack of credible program evaluation and a shortage of evidence to prove their merit. At-will employment of DHS disclaimed 2009 because of partisan politics and unions opposition after President Barack Obama was inaugurated.