as in public servant
a worker in a government agency
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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More fundamental is that Harris, unlike Trump, is not obsessed with using presidential power to persecute critics, overturn elections, stamp out peaceful dissent, replace legions of civil servants with rabid loyalists or act as a dictator on Day One.
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Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Katie Hafner: A week later on the White House Lawn, President Kennedy presented Dr. Frances Kelsey with the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, the highest award the federal government can give a career civil servant.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
The Heritage team filed these requests even as the think tank’s Project 2025 was promoting a controversial plan to remove job protections for tens of thousands of career civil servants so they could be identified and fired if Donald Trump wins the presidential election.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2024
Tangent Vance has also been a major proponent of a key proposal in Project 2025 that Trump should overhaul the federal workforce to replace many career civil servants with political appointees.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Katie Hafner: A week later on the White House Lawn, President Kennedy presented Dr. Frances Kelsey with the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, the highest award the federal government can give a career civil servant.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
The Heritage team filed these requests even as the think tank’s Project 2025 was promoting a controversial plan to remove job protections for tens of thousands of career civil servants so they could be identified and fired if Donald Trump wins the presidential election.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2024
Tangent Vance has also been a major proponent of a key proposal in Project 2025 that Trump should overhaul the federal workforce to replace many career civil servants with political appointees.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Jonathan Becker, 24, was arrested on Oct. 26 and charged with impersonation of a public servant where the defendant poses as a law enforcement officer, and unlawful carrying of a handgun.Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024
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If convicted of abetting a public servant, Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
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Fox Point Early voting is being held at Fox Point’s clerk’s office at Village Hall, at 7200 N. Santa Monica Blvd., according to a notice on its website.Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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Both Koppes and Griswold had the same advice: Call your county clerk’s office.Caitlyn Kim, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
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Devastating floods have killed at least 155 people in eastern and southern Spain, local officials announced Thursday, after torrential rain fueled the worst natural disaster in the country’s modern history.Max Butterworth, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Bill English, a Yale University professor and former top official at the Fed, said deflation can be hard to escape because eventually the Fed runs out of room to cut rates.Matt Egan, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Inside the room: The 24,000-square-foot office at 655 Broadway St. near the waterfront will support more than 200 local and remote employees in a more consolidated way.Kate Murphy, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Gather employee and customer feedback on the technology’s usage, and monitor the robot’s ongoing performance.Jeff Kiesel, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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The same is true for tuition assistance programs, especially for younger Gen Z workers.BYEmma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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The total number of Boeing unionized factory workers from the Pacific Northwest region who are taking part in the strike.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The White House must identify influential bureaucrats and convince them that change serves not only the national interest but also their agencies’ interests.Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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Congress should eliminate it, reduce invasive federal regulation, and stop giving bureaucrats the power to micromanage financial risks.Norbert Michel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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