As a former federal HR person (yeah, I know) this is a good idea, and would be fairly easy to implement. Most agencies already have drug testing programs in place, so it's simply a matter of expanding the requirement to all positions. I;m sure the unions would pitch a fit though. In my opinion government unions need to be abolished. They cause an undue administrative burden and impede the efficient (ha) implementation of beneficial change.
However, the change I would most like to see is a return to some sort of testing for civil service positions. I actually had an intern working for me, a master's degree graduate, who couldn't alphabetize. Civil service exams were phased out in the early 1980s for the typical reason, certain minorities weren't performing as well as they "should". Hiring in general is now so lax that managers can basically handpick a person they want to hire and there is some sort of legal authority that can be used to hire. So much for "fair and open competition."
There still is an "exam", ACWA, used for some entry-level positions, but it's a joke. It's really just a questionnaire. One of the questions, is, I shit you not, "Were you ever a cheerleader?"
Here's some info on the court case that ended knowledge based civil service tests:
err ya regimen probably more apt, but regiment in terms of oppressive routine is more of what I was implying. I want the highest people from Court Justices to Governors to be pissing in a cup, getting cognitive tests, and their medical prescriptions for mental issues made public.
As a former federal HR person (yeah, I know) this is a good idea, and would be fairly easy to implement. Most agencies already have drug testing programs in place, so it's simply a matter of expanding the requirement to all positions. I;m sure the unions would pitch a fit though. In my opinion government unions need to be abolished. They cause an undue administrative burden and impede the efficient (ha) implementation of beneficial change.
However, the change I would most like to see is a return to some sort of testing for civil service positions. I actually had an intern working for me, a master's degree graduate, who couldn't alphabetize. Civil service exams were phased out in the early 1980s for the typical reason, certain minorities weren't performing as well as they "should". Hiring in general is now so lax that managers can basically handpick a person they want to hire and there is some sort of legal authority that can be used to hire. So much for "fair and open competition."
There still is an "exam", ACWA, used for some entry-level positions, but it's a joke. It's really just a questionnaire. One of the questions, is, I shit you not, "Were you ever a cheerleader?"
Here's some info on the court case that ended knowledge based civil service tests:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%A9vano_v._Campbell
regimen-----ftfy
err ya regimen probably more apt, but regiment in terms of oppressive routine is more of what I was implying. I want the highest people from Court Justices to Governors to be pissing in a cup, getting cognitive tests, and their medical prescriptions for mental issues made public.
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