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October 16, 2018
Washington, DC
Conservatives have long advocated for reform of our civil service to address a system plagued with inefficiency and abuse. Currently, managers within the federal government struggle to fire underperforming employees. This is no more evident than by the public sector firing rate of 3.37% and the private sector firing rate of 17.27%. America needs across the board civil service reform.
The Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2017 (MERIT Act), has been introduced in both the Senate and the House to address these critical issues.
The MERIT Act takes the successful model implemented to reform the Veteran’s Administration, and applies it across the federal government. The bill creates a new process for the head of an agency to remove employees from the civil service for poor performance or misconduct, establishing a practical timeline of 7-21 days for the employee to receive notice, retaining the ability to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board, setting a timeline of a maximum of 30 days for responding to appeals, and creating additional Congressional reporting requirements for the Merit Systems Protection Board when decisions are delayed.
It is more important than ever that Congress commit to quick consideration of this measure, particularly as unelected bureaucrats continue to boldly undermine President Trump. Poor performers–and those who seek to subvert the will of the administration under which they serve–should be held accountable.
We urge the quick consideration and passage of the MERIT Act to improve government efficiency, streamline effective delivery of services, and ensure accountability across the government.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Former
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
The Honorable Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Quin Hillyer
Veteran Conservative Columnist
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Former Executive Director
Senate Steering Committee
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Lee A. Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive Group
Floyd Brown
Chairman
Western Center for Journalism
James L. Martin
Founder & Chairman
60 Plus Association
Tom McClusky
President
March for Life Action
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
The Honorable Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Jason S. Jones
President
Movie to Movement
Jeremy Cerone
CEO
EliteSafe Inc.
Adam Brandon
President
FreedomWorks
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American – Chinese
Fellowship of Houston
Anne Schlafly Cori
Chairman
Eagle Forum
The Honorable Michael R. Long
State Chairman
NYS
Conservative Party
Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Barry J. Meguiar
Founder / President
IgniteAmerica / Revival Outside the Walls
Rachel Bovard
Former Policy Director
Senate Steering Committee
Wesley Denton
Former
Communications Director
Senator Jim DeMint (SC)
Tim Chapman
Executive Director
Heritage Action for America
Jessica Anderson
Vice President
Heritage Action for America
Roxanne Phillips
Member, Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
Ron Pearson
Director
Conservative Victory Fund
The Honorable Jim DeMint
United States Senate
Former Member, South Carolina
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Lisa B. Nelson
President & CEO
ALEC Action
Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
President Reagan’s Chief
Defense & Space Negotiator
Former SDI Director, High Frontier
Jack Park
Conservative Activist
and Donor
Derek McCoy
Executive Vice President
Center for
Urban Renewal and Education
Col Francis X. De Luca USMCR (Ret)
President Emeritus
Civitas Institute
Susan A. Carleson
Chairman / CEO
American Civil Rights Union
Ralph Benko
Columnist
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
Eric Georgatos
President
“America, Can We Talk?”
Multimedia Platform
Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand, LLC
Dr. Frank Wright
CEO
D. James Kennedy Ministries
Darrel Johnson
President
Attic Corp
Melvin Adams
Former President
Renewanation
Chad Connelly
President
Faith Wins
Rob Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Olivia Brown
Student
Arizona Christian University
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
William H. Shaker
CEO
Washington Marketing Group
Dr. Rick Scarborough
Founder
Vision America Action
Frank J. Gaffney
President and CEO
Center for Security Policy
Brian Glicklich
CEO
Brace Digital Strategy
Dr. Russell J. Kilpatrick
Physician
USAF (Ret)
Paul Liberman
Executive Director
Alliance for Israel Advocacy
James Hansberger
Chairman
Legal Immigrants for America
Charlie Gerow
CEO
Quantum Communications
The Honorable Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II
President
Senate Conservatives Fund
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
L. Brent Bozell, III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
The Honorable Donald Devine
Former Director
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
The Honorable Donald P. Hodel
Former Secretary of Energy
Former Secretary of Interior
Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
Former
White House Advisor,
President Ronald Reagan
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for
President Reagan
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Evelio Silvera
Campaign for the American Future
Ginni Thomas
President
Liberty Consulting
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Chairman,
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Heather R. Higgins
President
Independent Women’s Voice
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Former Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan
Rick Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
Jay Mount
President
MDS Communications
The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chair Heritage Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Bob Adams
President
Revive America PAC
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Caroline C. Lewis
Owner
Percipio Communications
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State House
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC
Christopher Malagisi
Editor in Chief
Conservative
Book Club
The Honorable George K. Rasley, Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Dan Weber
President and Founder,
Association of
Mature American Citizens
Kevin Freeman
Host
Economic War Room
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Michelle Easton
President,
Clare Boothe Luce
Center for Conservative Women
The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida House of Representatives
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Tom Giovanetti
President
Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI)
Donna Hearne
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
The Honorable Charles J. Cooper
Former Assistant Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Tom Schatz
President,
Council for Citizens
Against Government Waste
Lou Cordia
Executive Director
Reagan Alumni Association
Bailey Amaral
Director
The Windrose Project
Reginald Mark Gill
Author & Entrepreneur
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
James N. Clymer
Former National Chairman
Constitution Party
National Committee
Kirk Uhler
Executive Director
National Tax Limitation Committee
The Honorable Diana Denman
Presidential Appointee
President Ronald Reagan
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Nick Logan
CEO
Cornerstone Payment Systems
Randy M. Long
CEO
Long Business Advisors, LLC
Mark A. Bloom
President
TekGeologik LLC
Craig Dance
President
Champion Coach
John M. Cragg
Executive Director
Long Island Youth Mentoring
Anthony Saliba
Director
Fortify Technologies
John F. Tate
President
America’s Liberty PAC
Nancy Schulze
Founder
Women Impacting America
Norm Singleton
President
Campaign for Liberty
Khadine L. Ritter
Chairman
Eagle Forum of Ohio
Alan P. Dye
Partner Webster,
Chamberlain & Bean
Sandy Rios
Director of Governmental Affairs
American Family Association
Jeffrey Mazzella
President
Center for Individual Freedom
Martha Boneta
President
VCS
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America
Matt Mackowiak
Executive Director
Fight For Tomorrow
George Landrith
President
Frontiers of Freedom
(All organizations listed for IDENTIFICATION purposes only)
Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.
