OPM
Our GC was mayor of this town. Do they grow tulips in Michigan?
What is Holland?
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?
Lindsey Knope, portrayed by Amy Poehler, worked for this State agency.
What is Parks and Recreation?
OCIO assigns programs that are maintained by the entire team to this fake user.
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 the Northcote-Trevelyan 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?
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The CSRA, as originally enacted, created OPM and these two other agencies.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, just off the Malay peninsula, credits its civil servants' incorruptability to high salaries.
What is Singapore?
The Vogons, strict bureaucrats and the third-worst poets in the universe, demolish Earth to make room for a highway in this Douglas Adams classic.
What is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
OPM convenes this inter-agency group of HR bigwigs.
What is the CHCO Council?
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?
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?
In this indie video game, you are a passport inspector in the (fictional) Eastern bloc country, Arstotzka.
What is Papers, Please?