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TABLE 18 -- ACCESSIONS BY TYPE, BRANCH, AND SELECTED AGENCY, ALL AREAS, OCTOBER 2008 AND NOVEMBER 2008





TOTAL


TRANSFERS


NEW HIRES

RESTORATIONS,
RETURNS TO
DUTY

ACCESSIONS
EXCLUDING
TRANSFERS

ACCESSIONS
CALENDAR YEAR
2008 TO DATE

ACCESSIONS
FISCAL YEAR
2009 TO DATE

AGENCY

NUMBER*


RATE

NUMBER*


RATE

NUMBER*


RATE

NUMBER*


RATE

NUMBER*


RATE

NUMBER*

RATE

NUMBER*

RATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL, ALL AGENCIES

421,765

15.70

67,462

2.51

     NOVEMBER 2008

29,807

**

1.11

2,451

**

0.09

23,732

**

0.88

3,624

**

0.13

27,356

**

1.02

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

37,655

**

1.39

1,408

**

0.05

30,021

**

1.11

6,226

**

0.23

36,247

**

1.34

 

 

 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

889

7.23

108

0.87

     NOVEMBER 2008

53

*

0.43

1

*

0.01

48

*

0.39

4

*

0.03

52

*

0.42

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

55

*

0.44

1

*

0.01

50

*

0.40

4

*

0.03

54

*

0.44

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

260

8.29

12

0.38

     NOVEMBER 2008

5

0.16

...

...

5

0.16

...

...

5

0.16

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

7

0.22

...

...

7

0.22

...

...

7

0.22

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

243

10.32

12

0.50

     NOVEMBER 2008

6

*

0.25

...

*

...

4

*

0.17

2

*

0.08

6

*

0.25

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

6

0.25

...

...

4

0.17

2

0.08

6

0.25

 

 

 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

175

4.55

46

1.19

     NOVEMBER 2008

23

*

0.59

...

*

...

21

*

0.54

2

*

0.05

23

*

0.59

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

23

*

0.59

...

*

...

21

*

0.54

2

*

0.05

23

*

0.59

 

 

 

JUDICIAL BRANCH

...

...

...

...

     NOVEMBER 2008

...

*

...

...

*

...

...

*

...

...

*

...

...

*

...

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

...

*

...

...

*

...

...

*

...

...

*

...

...

*

...

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

420,876

15.74

67,354

2.52

     NOVEMBER 2008

29,754

**

1.11

2,450

**

0.09

23,684

**

0.89

3,620

**

0.14

27,304

**

1.02

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

37,600

**

1.40

1,407

**

0.05

29,971

**

1.11

6,222

**

0.23

36,193

**

1.34

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

344

20.02

37

2.17

     NOVEMBER 2008

9

0.53

3

0.18

6

0.35

...

...

6

0.35

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

28

1.64

5

0.29

23

1.35

...

...

23

1.35

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

335,172

19.10

51,605

2.92

     NOVEMBER 2008

22,197

**

1.26

2,341

**

0.13

16,312

**

0.92

3,544

**

0.20

19,856

**

1.12

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

29,408

**

1.65

1,280

**

0.07

22,061

**

1.24

6,067

**

0.34

28,128

**

1.58

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

3,161

8.77

666

1.83

     NOVEMBER 2008

243

**

0.67

3

**

0.01

146

**

0.40

94

**

0.26

240

**

0.66

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

423

*

1.16

3

*

0.01

326

*

0.90

94

*

0.26

420

*

1.15

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

52,585

47.44

6,773

6.85

     NOVEMBER 2008

1,804

1.83

21

0.02

576

0.58

1,207

1.22

1,783

1.80

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

4,969

4.61

29

0.03

2,190

2.03

2,750

2.55

4,940

4.59

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

114,241

16.63

18,724

2.68

     NOVEMBER 2008

7,675

1.10

305

0.04

5,933

0.85

1,437

0.21

7,370

1.06

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

11,049

1.59

491

0.07

8,217

1.18

2,341

0.34

10,558

1.52

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

42,507

16.52

6,763

2.57

     NOVEMBER 2008

2,817

1.07

104

0.04

2,180

0.83

533

0.20

2,713

1.03

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

3,946

1.50

193

0.07

3,027

1.15

726

0.28

3,753

1.43

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

26,015

14.51

3,974

2.18

     NOVEMBER 2008

1,529

0.84

77

0.04

1,146

0.63

306

0.17

1,452

0.80

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

2,445

1.34

120

0.07

1,948

1.07

377

0.21

2,325

1.28

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

26,248

16.96

4,462

2.89

     NOVEMBER 2008

1,729

1.12

84

0.05

1,392

0.90

253

0.16

1,645

1.06

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

2,733

1.77

137

0.09

1,876

1.22

720

0.47

2,596

1.68

 

 

 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

4,187

19.11

588

2.61

     NOVEMBER 2008

264

1.17

14

0.06

95

0.42

155

0.69

250

1.11

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

324

1.45

8

0.04

144

0.64

172

0.77

316

1.41

 

 

 

OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (EXCLUDING DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY)

15,284

20.71

2,937

3.92

     NOVEMBER 2008

1,336

1.78

26

0.03

1,120

1.49

190

0.25

1,310

1.75

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

1,601

2.15

33

0.04

1,222

1.64

346

0.46

1,568

2.11

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

8,221

7.58

1,517

1.38

     NOVEMBER 2008

652

0.59

30

0.03

622

0.57

...

...

622

0.57

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

865

0.79

44

0.04

821

0.75

...

...

821

0.75

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

19,659

27.79

1,335

1.95

     NOVEMBER 2008

659

0.96

58

0.08

464

0.68

137

0.20

601

0.88

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

676

0.95

40

0.06

501

0.70

135

0.19

636

0.89

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

18,001

18.49

1,626

1.77

     NOVEMBER 2008

761

0.83

84

0.09

620

0.67

57

0.06

677

0.74

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

865

0.84

92

0.09

725

0.71

48

0.05

773

0.75

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

9,520

22.98

3,409

8.30

     NOVEMBER 2008

2,028

4.94

1,310

3.19

706

1.72

12

0.03

718

1.75

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

1,381

3.25

49

0.12

1,312

3.09

20

0.05

1,332

3.13

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

1,636

10.07

235

1.45

     NOVEMBER 2008

104

0.64

16

0.10

83

0.51

5

0.03

88

0.54

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

131

0.81

21

0.13

102

0.63

8

0.05

110

0.68

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

9,371

14.89

1,628

2.55

     NOVEMBER 2008

789

1.23

36

0.06

726

1.14

27

0.04

753

1.18

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

839

1.31

41

0.06

775

1.21

23

0.04

798

1.24

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

1,066

11.16

98

1.05

     NOVEMBER 2008

47

0.50

7

0.08

37

0.40

3

0.03

40

0.43

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

51

0.52

7

0.07

43

0.44

1

0.01

44

0.45

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

5,457

9.93

872

1.56

     NOVEMBER 2008

333

0.60

15

0.03

290

0.52

28

0.05

318

0.57

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

539

0.97

13

0.02

494

0.89

32

0.06

526

0.95

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

2,010

13.45

262

1.72

     NOVEMBER 2008

116

0.76

23

0.15

89

0.58

4

0.03

93

0.61

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

146

0.96

26

0.17

111

0.73

9

0.06

120

0.79

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

455

10.83

41

0.98

     NOVEMBER 2008

19

0.46

3

0.07

16

0.38

...

...

16

0.38

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

22

0.52

4

0.10

17

0.41

1

0.02

18

0.43

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

57,132

21.08

8,979

3.18

     NOVEMBER 2008

4,300

1.52

105

0.04

3,807

1.35

388

0.14

4,195

1.49

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

4,679

1.67

123

0.04

4,149

1.48

407

0.15

4,556

1.63

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

32,657

19.32

5,440

3.11

     NOVEMBER 2008

2,667

1.53

325

0.19

2,197

1.26

145

0.08

2,342

1.34

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

2,773

1.60

297

0.17

2,278

1.31

198

0.11

2,476

1.43

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

85,360

9.30

15,712

1.73

     NOVEMBER 2008

7,548

**

0.83

106

**

0.01

7,366

**

0.81

76

**

0.01

7,442

**

0.82

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

8,164

**

0.90

122

**

0.01

7,887

**

0.87

155

**

0.02

8,042

**

0.88

 

 

 

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

22

1.17

4

0.21

     NOVEMBER 2008

2

*

0.11

...

*

...

2

*

0.11

...

*

...

2

*

0.11

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

2

*

0.11

...

*

...

2

*

0.11

...

*

...

2

*

0.11

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1,621

8.93

159

0.87

     NOVEMBER 2008

75

0.41

12

0.07

63

0.35

...

...

63

0.35

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

84

0.46

18

0.10

66

0.36

...

...

66

0.36

 

 

 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

184

8.34

18

0.82

     NOVEMBER 2008

15

0.68

...

...

15

0.68

...

...

15

0.68

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

3

0.14

...

...

3

0.14

...

...

3

0.14

 

 

 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

172

9.52

41

2.27

     NOVEMBER 2008

15

0.83

1

0.06

14

0.77

...

...

14

0.77

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

26

1.42

...

...

26

1.42

...

...

26

1.42

 

 

 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

804

16.69

162

3.21

     NOVEMBER 2008

65

1.29

1

0.02

62

1.23

2

0.04

64

1.27

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

97

1.95

5

0.10

91

1.83

1

0.02

92

1.85

 

 

 

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

1,030

8.65

169

1.41

     NOVEMBER 2008

74

0.62

13

0.11

60

0.50

1

0.01

61

0.51

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

95

0.79

27

0.23

62

0.52

6

0.05

68

0.57

 

 

 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

1,260

6.80

90

0.49

     NOVEMBER 2008

43

0.23

12

0.07

24

0.13

7

0.04

31

0.17

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

47

0.25

3

0.02

39

0.21

5

0.03

44

0.24

 

 

 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

800

25.74

119

3.74

     NOVEMBER 2008

60

1.89

2

0.06

53

1.67

5

0.16

58

1.82

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

59

1.87

2

0.06

54

1.72

3

0.10

57

1.81

 

 

 

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

75

4.53

8

0.49

     NOVEMBER 2008

5

0.31

2

0.12

3

0.18

...

...

3

0.18

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

3

0.18

1

0.06

1

0.06

1

0.06

2

0.12

 

 

 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

683

17.44

101

2.48

     NOVEMBER 2008

40

0.98

...

...

40

0.98

...

...

40

0.98

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

61

1.49

1

0.02

58

1.42

2

0.05

60

1.47

 

 

 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

983

18.29

91

1.67

     NOVEMBER 2008

41

0.75

8

0.15

32

0.59

1

0.02

33

0.61

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

50

0.92

3

0.06

44

0.81

3

0.06

47

0.86

 

 

 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

29

2.99

2

0.21

     NOVEMBER 2008

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

2

0.21

...

...

1

0.10

1

0.10

2

0.21

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

375

10.43

63

1.72

     NOVEMBER 2008

23

0.63

4

0.11

18

0.49

1

0.03

19

0.52

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

40

1.10

7

0.19

32

0.88

1

0.03

33

0.91

 

 

 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

2,106

53.25

599

11.82

     NOVEMBER 2008

39

0.77

4

0.08

27

0.53

8

0.16

35

0.69

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

560

12.53

5

0.11

466

10.43

89

1.99

555

12.42

 

 

 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

653

13.29

120

2.53

     NOVEMBER 2008

39

*

0.82

5

*

0.11

26

*

0.55

8

*

0.17

34

*

0.72

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

81

*

1.63

5

*

0.10

71

*

1.43

5

*

0.10

76

*

1.53

 

 

 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

8,547

13.62

1,326

2.07

     NOVEMBER 2008

663

1.04

20

0.03

614

0.96

29

0.05

643

1.01

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

663

1.04

20

0.03

614

0.96

29

0.05

643

1.00

 

 

 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

105

5.18

27

1.37

     NOVEMBER 2008

9

**

0.46

...

**

...

9

**

0.46

...

**

...

9

**

0.46

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

18

*

0.91

1

*

0.05

17

*

0.86

...

*

...

17

*

0.86

 

 

 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

814

32.37

148

5.88

     NOVEMBER 2008

74

*

2.94

4

*

0.16

70

*

2.78

...

*

...

70

*

2.78

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

74

*

2.94

4

*

0.16

70

*

2.78

...

*

...

70

*

2.78

 

 

 

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

62,049

8.41

12,024

1.66

     NOVEMBER 2008

6,073

0.84

1

...

6,072

0.84

...

...

6,072

0.84

 

 

 

     OCTOBER 2008

5,951

0.82

...

...

5,951

0.82

...

...

5,951

0.82

 

 

 

*PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS MONTH'S TURNOVER TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT MONTH. **REVISED.

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