Bill Clinton actually said...

In an era of decentralization of Federal human resources management, it is increasingly important to ensure that merit system principles are applied consistently across the Federal Government.

Context

Executive Order 13197—Governmentwide Accountability for Merit System Principles; Workforce Information

01/17/2001

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