Reading Room Document

Provisions requiring state agencies administering federal grant‐in‐aid programs to have merit personnel programs.

The document discusses the legislative history of provisions requiring state agencies administering federal programs to have merit personnel progress, and whether it is consistent with federal standards for a merit system of personnel administration. The conclusions reached in the document indicate that there is nothing in the legislative history inconsistent with the federal standards, and that the promulgated standards are a valid exercise of statutory power. The document presents questions regarding the racial discrimination in hiring by state agencies and examines the legislative history of the 1939 Social Security Act Amendments to reach these conclusions.

June 2, 1965