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Professor Don Kettl discusses the importance of employing talented bureaucrats to ensure effective governance. Since 1883, the U.S. government has been committed to employing civil servants on a merit basis, but the skills needed to administer government agencies have changed due to increased government spending and increased reliance on contractors.