Civil service commission

A civil service commission is a government agency that is constituted by legislature to regulate the employment and working conditions of civil servants, oversee hiring and promotions, and promote the values of the public service. Its role is roughly analogous to that of the human resources department in corporations. Civil service commissions are often independent from elected politicians-

In Fiji for example, the PSC reviews government statutory powers to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in meeting public sector management objectives. It also acts as the human relations department, or central personnel authority, for the citizens interaction with the government.

The origin of the Public Service Commission in many jurisdictions was the White Paper Colonial 197 issued in 1950, which set out measures which were proposed to improve the quality and efficiency of the Colonial Service of the British Administration. The setting up of Public Service Commission was proposed in its paragraph 21(xi) which mentioned that

Public Service Commissions should be established in the Colonies. Subject to the general overriding powers of the Secretary of State, the selection and appointment of candidates in the Colonies to posts in the local service will lie with the Governor of the Colony. It is desirable that the Governor should be advised in these matters by a Public Service Commission appointed by him and so composed as to command the confidence of the Service and the public;

and that

such Commissions should be established in the Colonies to advise the Governor on the selection and appointment of candidates to posts in the local service, and should be so composed as to command the confidence of the Service and the public.

List

• Australian Public Service Commission
• Bangladesh Public Service Commission
• Brunei Public Service Commission
• Burma Union Civil Service Board
• Public Service Commission of Canada
• Fiji Public Service Commission
• Hong Kong Public Service Commission
• Kenya Public Service Commission
• India:
  • Union Public Service Commission
  • Karnataka Public Service Commission
  • Bihar Public Service Commission
  • Kerala Public Service Commission
  • Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
• Ireland: Office of the Civil Service and Local Appointments Commissioners abolished 2004; succeeded by:
  • Commission for Public Service Appointments
  • Public Appointments Service
• Malaysia Public Service Commission (Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam)
• Mauritius Public Service Commission
• Public Service Commission
• Nigeria:
  • Federal Civil Service Commission
  • Rivers State Civil Service Commission
• Pakistan: Federal Public Service Commission
• Civil Service Commission of the Philippines
• Samoa Public Service Commission
• Sri Lanka Public Service Commission
• South Africa Public Service Commission
• Singapore Public Service Commission
• United Kingdom Civil Service Commissioners
• United States
  • United States Civil Service Commission (defunct)
  • Office of Personnel Management (current)
• Zimbabwe Public Service Commission

See also

• Category:National civil service commissions - articles of national civil service commissions
• Public Utilities Commission (some government utilities regulation agencies are called Public Service Commissions)