Size of contracting workforce holds steady
By Jenny Mandel jmandel@govexec.com
June 4, 2007
The federal acquisition workforce grew almost imperceptibly during the past year, far short of the contracting growth rate, according to new government data.
Office of Personnel Management data analyzed by the Federal Acquisition Institute showed that the number of procurement professionals in government rose just less than 1 percent in fiscal 2006, to 59,997 from 59,477 in fiscal 2005.
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