Benchmark - Civil Service Reform

In 750-1,000 words, do the following:

1. Explain what civil service in the United States looked like before 1978.
2. Explain what civil service looks like since the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978.
3. Describe other Federal laws that may have impacted civil service and shaped an increasingly diverse workplace.
4. Propose best practices for human resource management within an organization based on what you learned from your research of the Civil Service Reform Act.

Use two to three scholarly resources to support your explanations.