2008 Plum Book - the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions Book with Civil Service Job Listings for Presidentially Appointed Positions in the Obama Administration (Ringbound)

This ringbound book provides a complete reproduction of a major federal document: the highly anticipated 2008 Plum Book, listing over 7,000 federal civil service jobs with the incoming Obama administration. 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. 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. Our news and educational titles are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work and educational tool.