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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' interactions with the government. The origin of the public service commission in many jurisdictions was the

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Colonial 197 issued in 1950, which set out measures which were proposed to improve the quality and efficiency of the

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of the British administration. The setting up of public service commissions was proposed in its paragraph 21(xi) which mentioned that: and that:

National public service commissions

* Afghanistan: Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission *

Australian Public Service Commission The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) is a statutory agency of the Australian Government, within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, that acts to ensure the organisational and workforce capability to meet future needs a ...

* Bangladesh Public Service Commission * Bhutan: Royal Civil Service Commission * Brunei Public Service Commission * Public Service Commission of Canada *

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of the Republic of China * Fiji Public Service Commission * Hong Kong Public Service Commission * :

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* : National Civil Service Agency *

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

: Office of the Civil Service and Local Appointments Commissioners abolished 2004; succeeded by: **

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** Public Appointments Service * : * Kenya Public Service Commission *

Malaysia Public Service Commission Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Malaysia. ...

(Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam) *

Mauritius Public Service Commission Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It in ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Union Civil Service Board The Union Civil Service Board ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုရာထူးဝန်အဖွဲ့, abbreviated UCSB) is Burma's national civil service commission. It was formed on 28 October 2010 in accordance with the 2010 State Pea ...

* : Public Service Commission *

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

: ** Federal Civil Service Commission **

Rivers State Civil Service Commission The Rivers State Civil Service Commission is a statutorily constituted executive body authorized to oversee the development and administration of the state's civil service system. It also has power to make appointments, exercise disciplinary contro ...

* :

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Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

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 rough ...

* Samoa Public Service Commission * Sri Lanka Public Service Commission * Somaliland Civil Service Commission * South Africa Public Service Commission * : Public Service Commission * :

United Kingdom Civil Service Commission * : **

United States Civil Service Commission The United States Civil Service Commission was a government agency of the federal government of the United States and was created to select employees of federal government on merit rather than relationships. In 1979, it was dissolved as part of t ...

(defunct) **

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(current) * Zimbabwe Public Service Commission

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