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Obama Could Reverse Erosion of Federal Service by Restoring Funding and Reducing Political Appointees

 

Published 11/19/2008 by Paul C. Light at Wash Post Federal Page

As The Washington Post reported this week, President-elect Barack Obama wrote American Federation of Government Employees in October promising that he would do everything in his power to rebuild the federal service. He also promised to protect collective bargaining rights and to restore funding c... (link)

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