MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'civil service'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:37:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993887&cid=t_117075_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaWcB096JdVc%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI’ve already commented on Cuba’s surprising announcement to slash the number of government workers. And I’ve complained about the federal workforce expanding in the United States. This is not what one would expect when comparing policy developments in a communist nation and a (supposedly) capitalist nation. Well, Russia wisely is following the Cuban approach on this issue (I never thought I would type those words!) and plans to get rid of 100,000 bureaucrats over the next three years. Russia will cut its army of bureaucrats by more than 100,000 within the next three years, saving 43 billion rubles ($1.5 billion), Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday. “We assume more than 100,000 federal state civil jobs will be cut within three years. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993887 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:34:51 +0100 3993887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617819&cid=t_117075_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTirq1DJEWr4%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe political process often resembles an unseemly racket as politicians take money from people who earn it and give it to another group in exchange for campaign cash and political support. The modern bureaucracy is a good example. Government workers have now become a cosseted elite, with generous pay, extravagant benefits, lavish pensions, and ironclad job security. In exchange for this privileged status, they reward the politicians with millions of dollars of support and a host of in-kind contributions.  I have documented many of these outrages in my “Taxpayers vs. Bureaucrats” series at the International Liberty blog. Well, now we have a video detailing how the government workforce has morphed into a fiscal nightmare for taxpayers. There are th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617819 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:59:09 +0100 3617819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395110&cid=t_117075_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRmwpvd4v6z4%2F By Daniel J. MitchellIreland may be in a recession (caused in large part by misguided housing subsidies), but there are two things worth admiring about the Emerald Isle’s public policy. Many wonks already know about the first policy, the 12.5 percent corporate tax rate that helped transform Ireland from the “sick man of Europe.” But it seems that Irish policymakers are reading Chris Edwards, because the second admirable policy is that lawmakers actually cut civil service compensation by 13.5 percent. And these are real cuts, not the type of phony gimmick you find in Washington, where something is called a “cut” simply because it didn’t increase as fast as previously planned. A columnist writing in the UK-based Times wonders why Irish bureaucrats did not... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395110 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:58:00 +0100 3395110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2108259&cid=t_117075_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspieweb%2F%7E3%2FKsGpKyIhZYE%2F Yesterday I was looking for jobs and I found this cool little hiring practice of the Federal Government here in the United States.   There is a law that directs federal agencies to non-competitively hire qualified individuals with diagnosed disabilities.According to the law (seen in section u of the link), if the person has a proof [...] This is an excerpt from an article on AspieWeb.net, A blog writen by an Autistic Blogger. (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2108259 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:07:34 +0100 2108259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1768909&cid=t_117075_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D4350 I spotted this Doctor’s Cry in a letter to Malaysiakini Some facts have to be highlighted prior to proceeding. Reporting for duty is both exciting and grueling. Exciting - new people and place, grueling - the number of forms to fill. Housing allowance is provided to government staff irrespective of where you come from. In peninsula, it is called “Imbuhan Tetap Perumahan (ITP)”. If you are transferred to Sabah or Sarawak, you’ll get the “Elaun Pindahan Wilayah (EPW)”, the latter being more, considering the higher cost of living. The bottom-line is it is a housing allowance. When Dr K applied for what he was qualified for, EPW, the hospital administration staff was happy to throw a bombshell at him. He was asked to produce his parents’ birth certificate. You heard me loud a... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1768909 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1768909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=592497&cid=t_117075_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fbut-we-have-war-czar.html Help wanted: War czar with clear vision - Yahoo! News "The problem is not broad strategy and policy, it's that the bureaucracy is so inefficient and there's been so little follow-up that the machine doesn't work," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.Let's be blunt We HAVE a "War Czar" - we refer to him as "Commander in Chief." He HAS a National Security Adviser. There IS a Secretary of Defense, as part of a cabinet - and it is the President's job to keep all these ducks in a row to implement his "broad strategy and policy."The problem is, he's trying to sell a "broad strategy and policy" that is intended to impress and convince the ignorant and uninformed, ideologues and authoritarians to people within a worldly, well-informed and highly sophisticated microcosm of careerists. You can't... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=592497 Sun, 06 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 592497