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Changes in Federal Civilian Employment: An Update 1 (April 1998)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo8954 and id is 1 raw text is: CHANGES IN FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT: AN UPDATE April 1998 In response to a number of inquiries, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its analysis of governmentwide trends in federal employment from the 1996 CBO memorandum, Changes in Federal Civilian Employment. This update also details trends in employment in agencies engaged in the administration of justice, one of the few major federal employment sectors showing a significant increase. It also examines recent changes in legislative branch employment, as well as how executive branch employment compares with statutory caps. Most employment totals are an annual average of monthly counts. The totals in the section on statutory employment caps, however, measure employment on a full-time-equivalent (FTE) basis, the measure used in establishing the caps. (FTE totals translate employment to its full-time equivalent. Under that approach, for example, two half-time workers equal one full-time-equivalent worker.) Figures cover most federal agencies except the U.S. Postal Service and those engaged in intelligence gathering. The Postal Service was not included for a number of reasons: it has a completely separate pay system that features collective bargaining, which is rare at the federal level; it is funded from revenues earned from postage; and it is not covered by statutory caps on employment. Changes in Governmentwide Employment Federal civilian employment continues to drop. Since 1985, it has experienced a net decrease of 311,200, or 14 percent (see Table 1). Almost all of the decreases in civilian employment have occurred in recent years; between 1996 and 1997 alone, employment fell by 66,000. Most of the decrease continues to occur among civilian workers in the Department of Defense, although reductions in employment in civilian agencies have been significant in recent years. Increases in Employment in Agencies Engaged in the Administration of Justice The only significant increase in employment over the 1985-1997 period has occurred in agencies engaged in the administration of justice, a reflection of continued federal efforts to deal with crime. Employment for the judicial branch has risen by 12,200 above the 1985 level, an increase of nearly 70 percent. Employment at the Department of Justice in 1997 was 113,300, or 80 percent, above the 1985 level. Between 1996 and 1997, employment at Justice rose about 6,900, or 7 percent. Almost all the major subdivisions of the department experienced some increase, including the federal prison system, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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