Official views of the commission's work....... Extension of the merit system in the Internal-Revenue Service--- Investigation of alleged violations of law and the civil-service rules- Political activities by organizations___. TABLE 1. Examinations held, number of persons examined, number that passed, and number appointed during year ended June 30, TABLE 2. Apportionment of appointments in the departmental service at Washington, D. C., from July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1920_. TABLE 3. Showing for all branches of the classified service the number examined, the number that passed, the per cent that passed, the number appointed, the per cent appointed of those that passed, and the approximate number of competitive classified positions in the service during the several periods covered by the reports of the commission____ TABLE 4. Showing, by sex and register, the number of appointments made in each department subdivided by branch or office and inde- pendent establishment during the fiscal year ended June 30, 146 WASHINGTON, D. C., November 12, 1920. SIR: Although the pressure of work devolving upon the commis- sion was but little less during the past year than during the active prosecution of the war, the lapse of time between armistice day and the present has afforded some opportunity to consider the lessons taught in the urge and strain of war and the problems now press- ing for solution. An altogether rosy picture can not be painted concerning the personnel situation of the Government, and it is be- lieved that the carrying into effect of the recommendations herein made is essential to the best interests of the service. Among the problems which have been faced the past year were the demobilized soldier, the released civilian war worker, the Fourteenth Census, and the resumption of activity by the general departments of The magnitude of the work is illustrated in the two following tables showing the extent of certain parts of the commission's work EXTENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. Including the comparatively small number of unskilled laborers in the civil service, the following table shows the number of civilian employees in the Federal Executive civil service on June 30, 1916, and on July 31, 1920: Number of employees in the Federal executive civil service on June 30, 1916, and on July 31, 1920. [Figures cover positions classified under the civil service law and those not so classified, including unskilled laborers.] 1 Figures taken from Thirty-third Annual Report of Civil Service Commission. 2 Figures compiled from formal reports to Civil Service Commission received currently. 3 Approximate. Figures reported to Civil Service Commission informally by telephone, except figure for Post Office Department, which was given by letter Sept. 2, 1920. 4 Diplomatic and Consular Services included in 1920, but not in 1916. 5 Figure for District of Columbia, 1916, includes 23 commissioners of deeds, 800 notaries public, and 16 trustees of Reform School, which are not included in figure for 1920. 6 Washington city post office included in figure for District of Columbia in 1920, but in "outside District of Columbia" in 1916. Figure for outside District of Columbia, 1920, includes 17,772 clerks in third-class post offices and contract postal stations, who are paid only nominal salaries by the Government, and 19,179 contractors on mail routes. These two classes of employees also included in 1916. 7 Washington Navy Yard included in figure for District of Columbia in 1920, but in "outside District of Columbia" in 1916. 8 Figure for outside District of Columbia, 1916, includes 4,521 pension-examining surgeons. Not included in figure for 1920. 9 It was not found practicable to separate the employees of the Department of Labor from those of the Department of Commerce in 1916. 10 Figures include administrative offices of Emergency Fleet Corporation, but not workmen at shipyards. under the corporation, or employees on merchant vessels. 11 Estimated for 1920. Not considered in calculations for 1916. |