Senate General Staff

The Senate General Staff is the name given to the permanent pool of employees and workers who work with the Senators, their personal staffs, and the various committees and subcommittees. They do work that is considered to be too time consuming or too mundane to be handled by the Senators themselves. The services of the General Staff are open to all members of the Senate equally, regardless of seniority.

Structurally the General Staff is under the direction of the Senate. Senators can call meetings to evaluate the work the General Staff does and can fire its officers and appoint new ones as it sees fit. These tend to be extreme cases though, as the diverse and expansive nature of the Senate dilutes the call for such drastic measures.

The main jobs that the Senate General Staff does are the following:
 * Providing Senators with accurate information.
 * Making schedules and coordinating the various committee meetings and sessions.
 * Screening applications for representation.
 * Ensuring that Senators from defunct organizations are removed.
 * Educating new Senators.
 * Maintaining an accurate history of the Senate.

Groups within the Senate General Staff

 * Senate Information Bureau
 * Applications Committee
 * Senatorial Planning and Coordination Service