The Era of Big Government PR
According to a Newsday investigation of the federal guvmint,
Between September 2000 and September 2004, the number of public affairs officials rose 9 percent, from 4,327 to 4,703, in executive-branch agencies, according to U.S. Office of Personnel Management statistics. Meanwhile, the federal work force grew 6 percent. […]
The increase did not occur evenly across agencies. The agencies adding staff include Defense, State, Agriculture, Interior and the Social Security Administration, while Health and Human Services and Labor shed PR officers, the figures show.
The Pentagon, fighting two wars and mired in a prolonged occupation, added the greatest number of PR officials, 173 for a total of 1,812.
Link via Secrecy News.
