2008 Plum Book - Government Policy and Supporting Positions Book with Civil Service Job Listings in the Obama Administration, plus Presidential Transition and Inaugural Coverage (CD-ROM)

This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM disc presents an important library of federal documents and publications pertaining to the incoming Obama administration, including the newest 2008 edition of the widely-read and highly anticipated "Plum Book" of government civil service jobs, listing over 7,000 jobs! The printed copy of this book currently sells for $38.00 from the GPO, so this edition provides a significant cost savings! This brand-new edition was just released in November 2008, after the election of Barack Obama. There is also important material about the Presidential transition process, including critical issues facing the Obama team, plus Senate coverage of the Inaugural process with extensive historical data. For reference, reproductions of the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Plum Books are also included. Every four years, just after the Presidential election, the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is published, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Following are the major categories of positions listed: Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule; Senior Executive Service (SES) General positions; Senior Foreign Service positions; Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties; and other positions at the GS 14 and above level excepted from the competitive civil service by law because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties. Additional information on the positions listed and the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid is provided in the appendices. Codes and acronyms used in the publication are listed. This publication contains data (as of September 1, 2008) 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. This disc also includes a virtual federal reference bookshelf of recent CIA factbooks.