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The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): AboutPublished by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform alternately after each Presidential election, the Plum Book lists 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, nationwide. Data covers 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 or other key officials. The major categories of positions listed in United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions include:
The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government. The list originate in 1952 during the Eisenhower administration. For twenty-two years prior, the Democratic controlled the Federal Government. When President Eisenhower took office, the Republican Party requested a list of government positions that President Eisenhower could fill. The next edition of the Plum Book appeared in 1960 and has since been published every four years, just after the Presidential election. GPO Access contains the 1996, 2000, and 2004 editions of the Plum Book. Files are available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) only. The next version of the Plum Book will be prepared for publication immediately following the November 2008 Presidential election. |