Which of the following statements about the civil service is accurate?

A) The first limits on the merit system came from the Pendleton Act.
B) The Office of Personnel Management plays a large role in securing civil service employees.
C) Reform of the civil service first began under President Jimmy Carter in 1978.
D) Since 1993, civil service employees are not allowed to participate in voter registration drives.
E) Today, civil service employees may not make donations to political campaigns.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is responsible for recruiting, hiring, and retaining civil service employees. The other options are inaccurate: A) The Pendleton Act established the merit system, it did not limit it; C) The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 expanded protections for civil servants, but it was not the first reform effort; D) There is no federal law that prohibits civil service employees from participating in voter registration drives; E) While the Hatch Act limits political activity for certain federal employees, civil service employees may make donations to political campaigns as long as they do not engage in partisan political activity while on duty.