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2008 Plum Book Online - 7,000+ Job Openings

By Abbie Bradfield Mulvihill

The Plum Book, also known as the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, is published every 4 years (shortly after each Presidential election). The latest Plum Book is now available online from GPO as a single PDF (1.26MB) or broken into separate sections. Here's a description of the Plum Book from its Foreword:

"This publication contains data (as of September 1, 2008) on over 7,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment (e.g., positions such as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisors, and aides who report to these officials). The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other key officials."

To put it more clearly, it is a list of positions (largely political appointments) soon to be vacated by the Bush administration.

Full post as published by AbsTracked on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).