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A Senate hearing last week on civil service reform drummed up little interest, and there was little movement toward any legislation. Senate Homeland Security an...

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May 26, 2015 4:12 pm

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A Senate hearing last week on civil service reform drummed up little interest, and there waslittle movement toward any legislation. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee Chairman James Lankford (R- Okla.) said his subcommittee is in a “listening stage” now. Bob Tobias, professor within the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, said it shouldn’t be so hard to gather members of Congress, the administration, agency and union leaders to talk about civil service reform. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose, government has done it already.