Looking for attorney positions with the federal government?

Looking for attorney positions with the federal government? As we shared last Friday in the Public Interest News Bulletin, a federal jobs expert shared some job-seeking wisdom in the Washington Post:

In each budget justification submitted to Congress, you get to see what an agency says it needs, as well any additional hiring requests to carry out its work … For the Justice Department to strengthen national security and counter the threat of terrorism the 2011 budget requests $300.6 million. The request includes 440 additional positions, including 126 agents and 15 attorneys. To enforce immigration laws the department is requesting an $11 million program increase, including 125 positions – 31 of them attorneys. You can read an agency’s budget proposal on its Web site.

US Government Will Need to Go on Hiring Binge, Legal Jobs Included

According to an article in the September 2009 edition of the ABA Law Journal, the federal government needs to launch a hiring binge to replace anticipated attrition from its ranks. Read more here...
http://www.abajournal.com/news/study_us_government_will_need_to_go_on_hiring_binge_legal_jobs_included/