MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Civil Service Reform in Massachusetts

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Jonathan Walters, senior correspondent at Governing magazine (www. governing.com), spoke September 20, 2000, at a Pioneer Forum in connection with the release of a White Paper he authored titled “Toward a High-Performance Workplace: Fixing Civil Service in Massachusetts.”

Toward a High-Performance Workplace: Fixing Civil Service in Massachusetts

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The civil service system in Massachusetts is no longer up to the important task of helping government recruit and hire the most talented personnel. When the system was created in 1884, the Commonwealth was at the forefront of the battle against patronage in government hiring. Over the course of a century, Massachusetts has fallen well behind the leaders in public sector personnel administration practice.

Toward a High-Performance Workplace: Fixing Civil Service in Massachusetts

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Author: Jonathan Walters, Governing Magazine This paper is…