Following the assassination of President James A. Garfield by a disgruntled job seeker, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in January of 1883. The Pendleton Act provided that Federal Government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that Government employees be selected through competitive exams.
The policy established by Mikhail Gorbachev was called glasnost and it can best be described as the policy of open discussion of political and social issues, which resulted in changes to the Soviet political structure. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option.