Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the Commission's working files.

It contains the following types of records: memoranda prepared by Commission staff and committees on proposed legislation, veterans rights, local civil service administration, personnel changes, and recruitment; written recommendations for revisions in civil service law by D.C.S. and other government officials; special research studies conducted by D.C.S. Division of Personnel Research for the Commission on topics such as appeals procedures, provisional employment, and civil service law in other states; copies of Preller Commission members' speeches on civil service law reform; D.C.S. publications and memoranda describing the Department's organization and work; draft and published copies of Preller Commission annual reports; the Preller Commission's and its committee's meeting minutes summarizing their discussions and actions; blank copies of questionnaires sent to State and local government officials; public hearing transcripts, summaries, and agendas; various draft and printed versions of proposed legislation; and general correspondence with State officials.

This series provides detailed information on the Commission's work and the operation of the civil service law and system in New York. The series also serves as a source of background data on civil service law reform after 1956.