Talk:New Jersey Civil Service Commission

Founding of Commission
''The post below was written before the article was edited with an expanded history. Because the laws and regulation of the commission changed some much over time, some clarification is still required. A brief history is that the commission was established in 1908, major changes with 1930 law, 1947 constitution incorporated duties of the commission into law, commission dissolved in 1986 and duties passed to another organization, and that organization dissolved in 2008 and commission is formed again. The article needs some more on the 1986 to present time: did the Civil Service Commission really completely dissolve? Is the 2008 commission considered a new entity, or just bringing back the former commission? etc. I hope this helps.'' --DV79 (talk) 06:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Reading a brief history of the Civil Service Commission (the first citation in the article), the date of the Commission's founding doesn't seem to be 1986. The source says New Jersey established the Commission in 1908, a law in 1930 made major developments in the regulations to the Civil Service, the 1947 State Constitution caused "the new Department of Civil Service was established as one of the principal executive departments," and the 1986 Civil Service Act looks like a major reform of the system.

Given all of this, I do not think it is accurate to say that the Civil Service Commission was "established in 1986." These points that I have mentioned above were all found in the first source, but more research is probably required to clarify the Commission's history.

Hope this helps. DV79 (talk) 02:20, 17 November 2023 (UTC)


 * , thanks for the comments. Dig deeper and update the article, as needed. Alansohn (talk) 12:58, 17 November 2023 (UTC)