Federal Productivity and Performance Appraisal: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Civil Service of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session

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Page 213 - ... \^Not the violent conflict between parts of the truth, but the quiet suppression of half of it, is the formidable evil : there is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides ; it is when they attend only to one that errors harden into prejudices, and truth itself ceases to have the effect of truth, by being exaggerated into falsehood...
Page 168 - As used in this subsection and subsection (e), the term "substantial evidence" means evidence consisting of adequate and well-controlled investigations, including clinical investigations, by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug involved, on the basis of which it could fairly and responsibly be concluded by such experts that the drug will have the effect it purports or is represented to have under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended,...
Page 66 - DOT, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, the White House staff, and several Congressional committees.
Page 168 - The physician and consumer should have the assurance, from an impartial scientific source, that any drug or therapeutic device on the market today is safe and effective for its intended use...
Page 145 - I will be glad to respond to any questions that you might have. (The prepared statement of Mr.
Page 53 - ... (1) by his suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, or other personal effort contributes to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of Government operations or achieves a significant reduction in paperwork...
Page 186 - ... the terms of this Circular. In the interim, this Circular is to be applied only to new starts and expansions of Government-owned equipment and facilities. Personnel Ceilings The relationship between Circular A-76 and agency personnel ceilings was reviewed in some detail and clarified in the Circular. While it is clearly specified that agencies will not use the Circular to contract out solely to meet personnel ceilings, it is equally clear that agencies will contract out when justified under the...
Page 23 - Appraisals of performance in the Senior Executive Service shall be based on both individual and organizational performance, taking into account such factors as — "(1) improvements in efficiency, productivity, and quality of work or service...
Page 221 - Looking for a way out of this crisis, our people have turned to the Federal Government and found it isolated from the mainstream of our Nation's life. Washington, DC, has become an island. The gap between our citizens and our Government has never been so wide.
Page 50 - We performed limited review work at the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine their roles and responsibilities for productivity and performance measurement within the Federal Government.

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