Under the leadership of Acting Commissioner Hope L. Cooper, the Department of Personnel (DOP) is concentrating on reducing bureaucracy, generating efficiency, and improving management of public employees throughout State and local Merit system jurisdictions in New Jersey. DOP was established in 1986 to replace New Jersey’s former Department of Civil Service.

The mission of the Department of Personnel is to attract, develop and retain a high quality workforce for State, county and municipal governments. The DOP also maintains a partnership with management and labor to develop a fair, efficient human resource delivery system rewarding quality, merit and productivity.