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Published 11/13/2008 by Lyndsey Layton and Lois Romano at Wash Post Federal Page
As the national unemployment rate climbs to a 14-year high, a treasure trove of about 8,000 new jobs surfaced in one place on Capitol Hill yesterday. The federal government published the Plum Book, an inventory of positions that will soon be vacated by the Bush administration and open for hire.
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