What are the key challenges for the public sector at present, and what will the future public service look like if it is to meet these challenges? These questions were put to public-sector leaders at a conference at the Wye River Plantation in June 1999. The leaders agreed on aspects of a broad...

This study examines changing patterns of civil service coverage and employee job protections in U.S. state civil service systems during the period FY 1999-FY 2006. Data come from surveys of state personnel directors in 2000 and 2007 and secondary sources. Several research questions are...