Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Civil Service

 

 

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This series contains the following statistical reports on State employment: Reports on Provisionally filled and Vacant Positions; Reports on Temporary Employment; Annual Provisional Reports; Reports on Distribution of New York State Positions by County and Agency; Statistics on State Positions; Position .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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This series consists of a bound register of letters received by the Civil Service Commission. Each entry contains the following information: date received; correspondent's name, title, position, residence; and a synopsis of the correspondence's content. Most letters are from public officials or institutions .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Personnel Council

 

 

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This series consists of transcripts of the Personnel Council's monthly conferences with department representatives. Included are meeting summaries; conference papers; panel discussions; Department of Civil Service staff presentations and the minutes of the conference business meeting. Subjects include .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Division of Personnel Research

 

 

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This series consists of the Division of Personnel Research annual salary survey and special research and statistical reports. Some reports were widely distributed, others were only circulated internally. Included are studies on topics such as salary increment system, probation, examination appeals, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Civil Service

 

 

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This series contains the file copies of many Department of Civil Service publications including brochures, pamphlets, manuals, and serials. In many cases, various editions of a publication are filed in the series. Publications cover such topics as careers in State service, office etiquette and comportment, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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Before the establishment of the Department of Civil Service in 1925, the Civil Service Commission was responsible for administering examinations and establishing eligibility lists. This series consists of four subseries, surviving fragments of larger series, which once existed from this period. Records .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

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New York (State). Grievance Appeals Board

 

 

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Grievance Appeals Board hearing transcripts include hearing place, date, names of attendees (Board members, appellants and representatives, and agency representatives), the appellant's or his representative's presentation of the grievance, the agency representative's response, questions from Board members, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Municipal Services Division

 

 

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The State Civil Service Commission reviews and approves municipal civil service commission rules and regulations. This series tracks the adoption, approval, or modification of rules, regulations and classification plans of most if not all rules ever adopted by a municipality. Also included are a few .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Personnel Council

 

 

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This series consists of meeting minutes of the Personnel Council and its Executive Committee. Minutes include date, time, place, attendees' names, and description of business conducted. Subjects addressed include general personnel policies and problems, plans for monthly meetings, committee reports, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Grievance Appeals Board

 

 

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This series contains Personnel Relations Board Background and Administrative Files, Grievance Board Background and Chairman's Files, and Grievance Board and Grievance Appeals Board Decisions. Records include grievance procedures predating the Board; executive order establishing the Board; memorandums .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Examination and Staffing Services Division

 

 

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This series consists of examinations for state and county positions. Included with each exam are examination announcements and instruction sheets. Announcements contain posting, closing, and exam dates; position title, duties, and salary; minimum qualifications to take the exam; examination subject .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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Any State employee disciplined by a penalty of demotion, dismissal, suspension without pay, or fine can appeal the determination to the Civil Service Commission or the courts. This series consists of case files of reports to the Commission usually accompanied by a hearing transcript. Reports contain .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Classification and Compensation Division

 

 

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Records in this series relate mostly to the Department of Civil Services salary reallocations and position reclassifications in accord with the 1954 salary schedule established by the legislature. Included are correspondence, memoranda, agency inquiries, requests for reallocations and reclassifications, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

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New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

 

 

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The cost of living report, draft and background notes were used to study the laboring class in New York City. This series contains data on cost of living for single women and men; cost of living for families; workers' living conditions; and workers' earnings and expenditures. The series also contains .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

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New York State Employees Merit Award Board

 

 

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The State Legislature established experimentally in 1946 and permanently in 1948 a three-member State Employees' Merit Award Board to plan and administer awards programs for meritorious suggestions and accomplishments. This series consists of the Board's minutes, scrapbooks, and few miscellaneous files. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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This series contains the Civil Service Commission's official meeting minutes signed by its secretary. The Commission was set up "to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State," and these minutes document their work toward that end. There are entries for all Commission meetings except those .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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This series consists of files for the Civil Service Commission's security risk program which determined if private organizations or groups were subversive and designated state agencies and individual positions as "security agencies" or "positions." The background and administrative files, subject files .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Temporary Health Insurance Board

 

 

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This series consists of the Temporary Health Insurance Board's minutes, historical files relating to the development of the first comprehensive state employees' health insurance plan, and health insurance specifications and proposals. Information includes minutes; correspondence; reports and special .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

19

Creator:

New York (State). Classification and Compensation Appeals Board

 

 

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This series consists of case files of appeals to the Classification and Compensation Appeals Board from the Classification and Compensation Division Director's determinations. Files include General Appeals Case Files: staff working files including the application for appeal with detailed narrative description .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

20

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Classification and Compensation Division

 

 

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The Classification and Compensation Division's director can reallocate salaries or reclassify any positions in the classified State Service at the request or appeal of an individual or agency. This series consists of hearing transcripts and a list of hearing attendees. Transcripts are identified by .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives