OPM
According to a quote on the first floor, "no" this "will help you in the least."
What is political influence?
This wannabe spoilsman assassinated President Garfield, leading to the first civil service reform statute.
Who is Guiteau?
Mesopotamian scribes had no paper to push. Instead, they wrote this script onto clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
Leslie Knope, portrayed by Amy Poehler, worked for this State agency.
What is Parks and Recreation?
Liz: OPM OCIO still assigns tasks to this long-dead rough rider.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
This President signed the CSRA into law, creating OPM. That ain't peanuts!
Who is Carter?
This President created the first Civil Service Commission, largely considered a failure.
Who is Grant?
This company's efficiency inspired an 1854 report, leading to a merit-based civil service in the UK.
What is the (British) East India Company?
"Some days, we don't let the line move at all," say this pair of chain-smoking DMV workers on the Simpsons.
Who are Patty & Selma Bouvier?
Amanda: This is the most common reason SuitEA determines someone is unsuitable for Federal employment.
What is falsification?
This program office provides policies and guidance for Federal employees, without charging a dime.
What is WPI?
The CSRA, as originally enacted, created OPM and these two other agencies.
What are MSPB and FLRA?
This former British and later Japanese colony credits its civil servants' incorruptability to high salaries.
What is Singapore?
The Vogons, strict bureaucrats, demolish Earth to make room for a highway in this existential sci-fi classic.
What is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Ron: Known for having a maternal relationship with the office, this person fulfills employee records requests to and from our Pennsylvania office.
Who is Paula Forrest?
OPM convenes this inter-agency group of HR bigwigs.
What is the CHCO Council?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!
This man's estate brought suit against the FTC, establishing restrictions on the President's removal authority.
Who is Humphrey?
This term for a political commentator on TV originates from a Sanskrit word, used by the British to refer to land surveyors.
What is a pundit?
This Kafka protagonist fails to navigate his trial, charged with crimes unknown.
Who is Josef K?
Allison: Two months after President Garfield's death, this Ohio Senator introduced the reform bill that would bear his name.
Who is George Pendleton?
OPM maintains this colorful ledger of Federal executives.
What is the Plum Book?
A 1990 due process amendment gave these employees appeal rights to the MSPB.
What is the excepted service?
This formulaic centerpiece of the pre-revolution Chinese exam tested knowledge of the classics.
What is the eight-legged essay?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
In this indie video game, you play a civil servant in the (fictional) Eastern bloc country, Arstotzka.
What is Papers, Please?
Roxann: Kurt and I both got our JDs from this school, the greatest law school in Milwaukee and on planet earth. Rah Rah Golden Eagles!
Where is Marquette?