BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Public Servant

  • a person employed by a government department or agency

Wiktionary Definition for: Public Servant

  • A person employed by the government.
  • AU obsolete euphemism In the days when Australia was a penal colony: a convict assigned to work on public projects.

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2002 Business Leader, Public Servant named
M. Edward Sellers will be named the Business Leader of the Year, Sen. Larry Martin will be honored as the Public Servant of the Year and retired Army Maj. Gen. R.S. "Steve" Siegfried will receive the Sgt. William Jasper Freedom Award at the Chamber's 23rd Annual Summit November 7-8 at...
Tags: chairman, FINANCE, Harassment, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, leader, Leadership, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-10-01
1998 business leader, public servant named
Robert E Staton will be named the Business Leader of the Year and Sen. Nikki Setzler will be honored as the Public Servant of the Year at the Chamber's 19th Annual Summit November 5-6 at Charleston Place in Charleston. The winner of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce's Business Person...
Tags: board, chairman, leader, Leadership, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1998-10-01
1998 business leader, public servant named
Robert E Staton will be named the Business Leader of the Year and Sen. Nikki Setzler will be honored as the Public Servant of the Year at the Chamber's 19th Annual Summit November 5-6 at Charleston Place in Charleston. The winner of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce's Business Person...
Tags: board, chairman, Leadership, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1998-10-01
2001 Business Leader, Public Servant Named
William Barnet III will be named the Business Leader of the Year and Sen. Hugh K. Leatherman will be honor the Public Servant of the Year at the Chamber's 22nd Annual Summit November 8-9 at Charleston Place in Charleston. The recipient of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce's Business Person...
Tags: board, chairman, Dartmouth College, leader, Leadership
Research articles 2001-10-01
Becton; autobiography of a soldier and public servant
Becton; autobiography of a soldier and public servant. Becton, Julius W. Naval Institute Press 2008 318 pages $29.95 Hardcover E840 Retired US Army General and former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Julius Becton Jr. presents his autobiography. In addition to...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, servant, soldier
Research articles 2008-05-01
2003 Business Leader, Public Servant named
George Dean Johnson Jr. will be named the Business Leader of the Year and Luther F. "Fred" Carter will be honored as the Public Servant of the Year at the Chamber's 24th Annual Summit November 13-14 at the Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston. The recipient of the South Carolina Chamber...
Tags: Blockbuster Inc., Extended Stay America Inc.
Research articles 2003-10-01
New Northern Rock chief to be UK's best-paid public servant
NORTHERN ROCK will pay Gary Hoffman, its new chief executive, 1.1m a year plus a bonus for his first three years in the job, after luring him from Barclays. The nationalised bank said Mr Hoffman would receive a salary of 700,000 a year plus three yearly payments of...
Tags: Barclays Plc., Northern Rock Plc.
Research articles 2008-07-24
Santa Clara University: Summer Camp for Public Officials Focuses on Ethics and Leadership
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- For two days this summer, public leaders from around the country will head off to summer camp at Santa Clara University where they will dissect ethical dilemmas and try to engineer a new, ethically enlightened public servant for the 21st century. It's part of Santa Clara...
Tags: California, ethics, Leadership, Santa Clara University
Research articles 2008-06-18
Santa Clara University Offers Ethics Camps for Public Officials
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Call it the anti-Abramoff genome project. In an effort to prevent the next big government ethics scandal, mayors, city managers and other public officials from around the country will spend two days in June dissecting ethical dilemmas - such as the lobbying scandal now rocking Washington...
Tags: ethics, Santa Clara University
Research articles 2006-05-22
Paul Volcker: Corporate Director, Public Servant
It's been 13 years since his historic chairmanship of the Fed, and Paul Volcker is now, of all things, bumping up against age limits for corporate directors. A discussion about life and issues in the global financial realm and in the public company boardroom. ATTEMPTING TO MOBILIZE the citizenry...
Tags: auditing, board, career, Carter, chairman, director, Federal Reserve Board, financial, Government, inflation, president, Russia, stock
Research articles 2000-09-22
Juicy: Orange County. (treasurer Robert Citron claims that he led county into bankruptcy protection because of poor advice by Merrill Lynch)
WAS he a savvy financial whizz or a brow-beaten public servant led astray by cynical Wall Street advisers? For most of his 24 years as a professional money manager, Robert Citron, the former treasurer and tax collector of Orange County, whose $7.4 billWAS he a savvy financial...
Tags: bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Orange PCS
Research articles 1995-01-21
F.O.P. President Testifies before Social Security Subcommittee; Canterbury Calls on Congress to Repeal the WEP Benefit Cuts
WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, testified this morning before the House Subcommittee on Social Security in favor of H.R. 4391, the "Public Servant Retirement Protection ActWASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order...
Tags: Social Security, U.S. Congress, WEP
Research articles 2004-07-20
A Noble Soldier's Life Story
A Noble Soldier's Life Story Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant. Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr., USA Ret. Naval Institute Press. 336 pages; black-and-white photographs; index; $29.95. By Don DeNevi In an endearing, poignant foreword to her husband's Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant, Louise...
Tags: Leadership, soldier, training, U.S. Army
Research articles 2008-06-01
Richardson withdraws bid to be Commerce secretary
WASHINGTON AP-- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Sunday he would drop his effort to become commerce secretary in the Obama administration, as a federal investigation into a state contract awarded to his political donors became a growing threat to his nomination.Richardson insisted he would be cleared in the investigation...
News items 2009-08-07
Pay freeze for civil servants and doctors
Family doctors, judges and senior public sector managers and civil servants face a two-year pay freeze. The Conservatives said yesterday there would be no pay increase for 4m public sector workers in 2011 if they won the general election. George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, topped Labour's announcement that it wanted...
Tags: Public Sector
News items 2009-10-06
James Jonah to speak on `Ralph Bunche and the Integrity of the International Civil Servant', 5 February.
M2 PRESSWIRE-3 February 2004-UN: James Jonah to speak on `Ralph Bunche and the Integrity of the International Civil Servant', 5 FebruaryC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02032004 The United Nations Department of Public Information, in association with the Ralph Bunche Institute for International...
Tags: City University, lecture
Research articles 2004-02-03
SPECIAL AWARDS SECTION: Teacher of the Year
Region IJerry WellerJerry Weller received his B.A. from McGiII in 1993 with honors, his Masters Degree in Public Administration in 1994 and his B.Ed. Degree in 1995 from Queen's. He was also an L.W. Copp Award nominee for teaching excellence in public schools.Since 1995 Jerry has taught Federal and Provincial...
Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, Craig, education, Mary, teacher
Research articles 2005-09-01
Review of government travel on way.
Aug 01, 2003 (Traveltrade - ABIX via COMTEX) Two smaller airlines in Australia are seeking more public servant passengers. Both Regional Express Rex and Virgin Blue have complained to the Australian Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet DPMC, alleging that public servants sometimes do...
Tags: Government, Qantas Airways Ltd., servant, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2003-08-01
Steven Plotkin Receives SAE Barry McNutt Award
WARRENDALE, Pa., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Steven E. Plotkin received the 2005 Barry D. McNutt Award for Excellence in Automotive Policy Analysis on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 during the SAE Government/ Industry Meeting in Washington, DC. The award honors the memory of Barry D. McNutt and his significant contributions...
Tags: CAREER, SAE, Transportation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2005-05-26
Enhanced Human Resources Management
Meeting the public demand for police services is costly in both personnel and time. And, as every public servant knows, the taxpayer wants their money to be spent as efficiently as possible. SAS has refined the application by adding clear visualization features such as performance dashboards and graphical reports. Improved...
Tags: HRM, Human Resource Management (HRM), Organizational Structure, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2003-11-03
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