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personnel agency

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noun

  1. an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.


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Employees in Hedden’s position typically face a Corrections Department discharge hearing, the results of which must approved by the state’s personnel agency, the Department of Central Management Services.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2021

The proposed breakup, which has consumed the personnel agency for more than a year, would pull apart OPM and its 5,565 federal employees and divide it among three other departments.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2019

Ms. Cobert said she and the White House had “great confidence” in her legal status as acting director of the personnel agency while her nomination was pending.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2016

Those who underwent background checks before 2000 might be impacted but it is less likely, the personnel agency said.

From Reuters • Jul. 9, 2015

But the personnel agency actually ranks in the middle of the pack on the White House's annual report card of compliance with minimum information security standards.

From US News • Jun. 23, 2015

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