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TABLE 12 -- FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMPETITIVE, EXCEPTED, AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY

					COMPETITIVE SERVICE							EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
AGENCY		TOTAL*			TOTAL*		PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS		TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE APPOINTMENTS			TOTAL*		PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS		TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE APPOINTMENTS
TOTAL, ALL AGENCIES
SEPTEMBER 2008		2,669,588	**		1,318,155	**	1,275,349	**	42,806	**		1,351,433	**	1,147,437	**	203,996	**
AUGUST 2008		2,670,575	*		1,315,060	*	1,269,476	*	45,584	*		1,355,515	*	1,146,084	*	209,431	*
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
SEPTEMBER 2008		30,287	**		2,433	**	2,425	**	8	**		27,854	**	8,902	**	18,952	**
AUGUST 2008		30,287	*		2,433	*	2,425	*	8	*		27,854	*	8,902	*	18,952	*
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
SEPTEMBER 2008		3,119	*		...	*	...	*	...	*		3,119	*	3,033	*	86	*
AUGUST 2008		3,119			...		...		...			3,119		3,033		86
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
SEPTEMBER 2008		2,391	*		2,325	*	2,318	*	7	*		66	*	35	*	31	*
AUGUST 2008		2,391			2,325		2,318		7			66		35		31
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SEPTEMBER 2008		3,865	*		...	*	...	*	...	*		3,865	*	3,562	*	303	*
AUGUST 2008		3,865	*		...	*	...	*	...	*		3,865	*	3,562	*	303	*
JUDICIAL BRANCH
SEPTEMBER 2008		33,385	*		...	*	...	*	...	*		33,385	*	33,100	*	285	*
AUGUST 2008		33,385	*		...	*	...	*	...	*		33,385	*	33,100	*	285	*
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SEPTEMBER 2008		2,605,916	**		1,315,722	**	1,272,924	**	42,798	**		1,290,194	**	1,105,435	**	184,759	**
AUGUST 2008		2,606,903	*		1,312,627	*	1,267,051	*	45,576	*		1,294,276	*	1,104,082	*	190,194	*
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
SEPTEMBER 2008		1,688	**		718	**	716	**	2	**		970	**	264	**	706	**
AUGUST 2008		1,694			711		710		1			983		274		709
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 2008		1,700,276	**		1,180,356	**	1,140,516	**	39,840	**		519,920	**	422,273	**	97,647	**
AUGUST 2008		1,697,627	*		1,177,499	*	1,134,889	*	42,610	*		520,128	*	418,463	*	101,665	*
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEPTEMBER 2008		14,661	**		8,499	**	7,227	**	1,272	**		6,162	**	4,647	**	1,515	**
AUGUST 2008		14,619	*		8,401	*	7,152	*	1,249	*		6,218	*	4,754	*	1,464	*
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
SEPTEMBER 2008		105,244	**		97,784	**	96,599	**	1,185	**		7,460	**	6,805	**	655	**
AUGUST 2008		105,547			98,255		96,966		1,289			7,292		6,565		727
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
SEPTEMBER 2008		647,371	**		524,282	**	509,281	**	15,001	**		123,089	**	96,437	**	26,652	**
AUGUST 2008		647,036			522,192		506,554		15,638			124,844		95,865		28,979
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
SEPTEMBER 2008		241,381	**		189,825	**	179,984	**	9,841	**		51,556	**	37,544	**	14,012	**
AUGUST 2008		241,051			188,929		178,921		10,008			52,122		36,991		15,131
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
SEPTEMBER 2008		174,844	**		151,317	**	149,388	**	1,929	**		23,527	**	21,476	**	2,051	**
AUGUST 2008		174,711			150,724		148,701		2,023			23,987		21,484		2,503
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
SEPTEMBER 2008		148,729	**		114,076	**	111,623	**	2,453	**		34,653	**	28,855	**	5,798	**
AUGUST 2008		148,839			113,550		111,237		2,313			35,289		28,845		6,444
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
SEPTEMBER 2008		21,594	**		19,982	**	19,862	**	120	**		1,612	**	1,210	**	402	**
AUGUST 2008		21,536			19,900		19,790		110			1,636		1,202		434
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (EXCLUDING DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY)
SEPTEMBER 2008		60,823	**		49,082	**	48,424	**	658	**		11,741	**	7,352	**	4,389	**
AUGUST 2008		60,899			49,089		47,905		1,184			11,810		7,343		4,467
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEPTEMBER 2008		107,338	**		61,744	**	61,374	**	370	**		45,594	**	42,769	**	2,825	**
AUGUST 2008		106,891			61,652		61,274		378			45,239		42,489		2,750
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEPTEMBER 2008		72,335	**		61,028	**	53,277	**	7,751	**		11,307	**	3,047	**	8,260	**
AUGUST 2008		75,659			62,507		53,281		9,226			13,152		3,055		10,097
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SEPTEMBER 2008		102,540			90,753		81,509		9,244			11,787		2,688		9,099
AUGUST 2008		103,826			91,114		81,452		9,662			12,712		2,805		9,907
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEPTEMBER 2008		41,812	**		30,536	**	29,757	**	779	**		11,276	**	9,836	**	1,440	**
AUGUST 2008		41,613			30,544		29,692		852			11,069		9,562		1,507
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SEPTEMBER 2008		16,207	**		14,249	**	14,006	**	243	**		1,958	**	1,617	**	341	**
AUGUST 2008		16,240			14,253		14,011		242			1,987		1,644		343
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SEPTEMBER 2008		64,446	**		49,514	**	49,102	**	412	**		14,932	**	5,106	**	9,826	**
AUGUST 2008		63,302			49,429		49,001		428			13,873		5,087		8,786
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
SEPTEMBER 2008		9,745	**		8,655	**	8,637	**	18	**		1,090	**	820	**	270	**
AUGUST 2008		9,719			8,595		8,574		21			1,124		816		308
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		55,116	**		7,905	**	7,881	**	24	**		47,211	**	45,782	**	1,429	**
AUGUST 2008		54,994			7,890		7,864		26			47,104		45,667		1,437
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SEPTEMBER 2008		15,230	**		13,029	**	13,006	**	23	**		2,201	**	1,817	**	384	**
AUGUST 2008		15,219			12,980		12,957		23			2,239		1,813		426
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		4,197	**		3,215	**	3,214	**	1	**		982	**	682	**	300	**
AUGUST 2008		4,227			3,211		3,210		1			1,016		680		336
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
SEPTEMBER 2008		275,135	**		129,613	**	127,078	**	2,535	**		145,522	**	121,887	**	23,635	**
AUGUST 2008		270,385	*		127,671	*	125,057	*	2,614	*		142,714	*	119,046	*	23,668	*
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SEPTEMBER 2008		168,899	**		79,550	**	78,568	**	982	**		89,349	**	78,333	**	11,016	**
AUGUST 2008		168,350			78,805		77,844		961			89,545		78,615		10,930
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
SEPTEMBER 2008		903,952	**		134,648	**	131,692	**	2,956	**		769,304	**	682,898	**	86,406	**
AUGUST 2008		907,582	*		134,417	*	131,452	*	2,965	*		773,165	*	685,345	*	87,820	*
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
SEPTEMBER 2008		1,873	*		...	*	...	*	...	*		1,873	*	1,859	*	14	*
AUGUST 2008		1,873	*		...	*	...	*	...	*		1,873	*	1,859	*	14	*
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SEPTEMBER 2008		18,149	**		14,855	**	14,770	**	85	**		3,294	**	1,830	**	1,464	**
AUGUST 2008		18,206			14,851		14,769		82			3,355		1,840		1,515
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 2008		2,180	**		1,633	**	1,604	**	29	**		547	**	526	**	21	**
AUGUST 2008		2,193			1,655		1,649		6			538		518		20
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 2008		1,822	**		1,223	**	1,217	**	6	**		599	**	542	**	57	**
AUGUST 2008		1,819			1,220		1,215		5			599		544		55
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		4,925	**		4,144	**	3,969	**	175	**		781	**	551	**	230	**
AUGUST 2008		4,821	*		4,062	*	3,936	*	126	*		759	*	504	*	255	*
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		11,927	**		10,944	**	10,934	**	10	**		983	**	890	**	93	**
AUGUST 2008		11,879			10,920		10,905		15			959		848		111
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		18,520	**		17,427	**	16,084	**	1,343	**		1,093	**	991	**	102	**
AUGUST 2008		18,617			17,471		16,096		1,375			1,146		1,035		111
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		3,138	**		2,516	**	2,483	**	33	**		622	**	93	**	529	**
AUGUST 2008		3,136			2,506		2,474		32			630		76		554
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SEPTEMBER 2008		1,620	**		877	**	875	**	2	**		743	**	719	**	24	**
AUGUST 2008		1,620			880		878		2			740		723		17
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 2008		4,106	**		...	**	...	**	...	**		4,106	**	3,835	**	271	**
AUGUST 2008		3,993			...		...		...			3,993		3,743		250
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SEPTEMBER 2008		5,419	**		4,065	**	4,015	**	50	**		1,354	**	1,293	**	61	**
AUGUST 2008		5,375			4,041		3,991		50			1,334		1,268		66
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
SEPTEMBER 2008		967	**		952	**	952	**	...	**		15	**	11	**	4	**
AUGUST 2008		965			950		950		...			15		11		4
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 2008		3,632	**		2,047	**	2,037	**	10	**		1,585	**	1,464	**	121	**
AUGUST 2008		3,607			2,043		2,031		12			1,564		1,454		110
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		3,794	*		3,223	*	2,435	*	788	*		571	*	219	*	352	*
AUGUST 2008		3,794			3,223		2,435		788			571		219		352
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SEPTEMBER 2008		4,937	**		4,768	**	4,690	**	78	**		169	**	93	**	76	**
AUGUST 2008		4,919			4,744		4,666		78			175		93		82
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SEPTEMBER 2008		63,591	**		55,261	**	55,112	**	149	**		8,330	**	7,368	**	962	**
AUGUST 2008		63,497			55,154		54,945		209			8,343		7,040		1,303
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
SEPTEMBER 2008		1,723	**		1,371	**	1,366	**	5	**		352	**	294	**	58	**
AUGUST 2008		1,725	*		1,386	*	1,385	*	1	*		339	*	242	*	97	*
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SEPTEMBER 2008		1,585	*		1,005	*	985	*	20	*		580	*	250	*	330	*
AUGUST 2008		1,585	*		1,005	*	985	*	20	*		580	*	250	*	330	*
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
SEPTEMBER 2008		724,831	**		...	**	...	**	...	**		724,831	**	645,189	**	79,642	**
AUGUST 2008		728,651			...		...		...			728,651		648,104		80,547

*PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS MONTH'S EMPLOYMENT TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT MONTH. **REVISED.

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