ABSTRACT
Promoted and launched during the presidency of Jimmy Carter, the Senior Executive Service (SES) was comprised in 2006 of approximately 8000 career and non-career personnel who staff the top managerial and supervisory positions in the U.S. federal government. A central component of the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) of 1978, the SES was established "to provide more effective management of agencies and their functions, and the more expeditious administration of the public business."[1] Members of the SES were to serve just below top presidential appointees and afford critical links between appointees and the remainder of the career civil service.
