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Beyond the toplevel cabinet positions, presidentelect donald trump will have as many as 9,000 appointments to make across the government, according to data from the justreleased plum book of. It is commonly known as the plum book and is alternately published between the house and senate. This ringbound book provides a complete reproduction of a major federal document. Plum book available at gpo washington united states policy and supporting positions the plum book, which lists more than 7,000 federal civil service leadership and support positions in the executive and legislative branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, is available at the u. The publication lists more than 9,000 federal civil service leadership and support positions in. By on november 12, 2008 agencies, career information, congress. Sept oct opm prints, proofs, and sends to human resources director for signature. Office of personnel management opm has the primary responsibility for gathering and delivering data on over 7,000 federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the federal. Gpo is the federal governments official, digital, secure resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the u. The latest compilation of more than 8,000 federal jobs known as the plum book is out, and for the first time it is available in print, digital, and mobile format. In the meantime, the 2004, 2000, and 1996 editions are available online earlier editions, the first of which dates back to the 1950s, are available in print in the. The plum book another route to federal jobs, is recruiting from this book, which lists top federal jobs available for direct presidential appointment often with senate confirmation. Government publishing office gpo has made the united states policy and supporting positions, or the the plum book, available in print, online and as an app.
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