IPMA-HR's commitment to improve public human resource management through merit system principles dates back to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. The first meeting of IPMA-HR's original parent organization, the National Assembly of Civil Service Commissions, took place on May 16-17, 1906, in Washington, D.C. Sixty representatives from approximately 20 state and local civil service commissions responded to an invitation from the members of the U.S. Civil Service Commission "to discuss problems arising in the enforcement of the civil service laws, to devise methods to meet those problems, and to compare results and past experience."
Since 1906, the Association has grown in size and stature throughout the world and today is recognized as the professional representative of public human resource managers from all levels of government. The members have significantly reshaped and improved the quality of public human resource management in the past, and with the professional commitment of its members, will continue to pioneer the innovative achievements of the profession in the future.
To become a member of IPMA-HR Central California, please contact Kay Sverha at (209) 385-7682 ext. 4507 or e-mail ksverha@co.merced.ca.us.
