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CHAPTER SEVEN: Organization Problems

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The U.S. Census Bureau's "Public Employment and Payroll Data" (http://www.census.gov/govs/www/apes.html) is an excellent source of comparative data on public employees at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the Office of Personnel Management"s "Federal Employment Statistics," especially "The Fact Book," is a very useful guide; see http://www.opm.gov/feddata/.

Labor practices vary greatly from state to state - some prohibit collective bargaining, while others allow government employees a limited right to strike. The Legal Information Institute at Cornell University compiles state laws, and its website provides a source for exploring state-by-state variations; see http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Labor.htm.

In recent years, more information about working for government, including available positions and (in some cases) applications, has moved to the web. The federal government's source for job openings is USAJobs, http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/. Many state and local governments have similar systems. Pennsylvania, for example, has an integrated website that lists private and public sector jobs (at all levels of government), http://207.21.203.96/pa.html.

The National Academy of Public Administration periodically issues reports on the role and function of the civil service; NAPA's studies can be found at http://www.napawash.org/.