The Administrative Department of Public Service is the Colombia

Colombia

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n Executive Administrative Department in charge of formulating the general policies

Policy

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 of public administration

Public administration

Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

, especially in matters relating to civil service

Civil service

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, management

Management

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, internal control

Internal control

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 and streamlined procedures of the Executive Branch of Colombia

Executive Branch of Colombia

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.

In 1958, the Congress of Colombia

Congress of Colombia

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passed Law 19 of 1958, which created the Administrative Department of Civil Service (Departamento Administrativo del Servicio Civil), in an effort to give the public administration an agency in charge of managing the human resources of the State. On December 29, 1992 the Government issued Decree 2169 of 1992, which dramatically changed the agency, changing its name to Administrative Department of Public Service, and putting it in charge of formulating policies and assessment material in management and human resources to the State.

The DAFP also operates the College of Public Administration (Escuela Superior de Administración Publica) to educate and prepare the next generation of public servants to serve the government.