GPO Releases Plum Book
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has made the United States
Policy and Supporting Positions, or “The Plum Book”, available in print and online. The
publication lists more than 7,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in
the executive and legislative branches that may be subject to noncompetitive
appointment. Users can access The Plum Book on GPO’s GovInfo and can search the
publication by agency, position title, location, appointment type, pay plan and level, tenure
and term expiration, and vacancy.
The Plum Book on GPO’s GovInfo: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-PLUMBOOK-2024/context
Print copies can be ordered at https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/united-statesgovernment-
policy-and-supporting-positions-plum-book
The Plum Book is published by the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs alternately after each
Presidential election. The Plum Book is used to identify Presidential appointed and other
positions within the Federal Government. The list originated in 1952 during the
Eisenhower administration. For 22 years prior, the Democrats 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 is the Federal Government’s resource for publishing trusted information for the Federal Government to the American people. The GPO is responsible for the production
and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal
Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official
publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print
formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through
www.GovInfo.gov and partnerships with approximately 1,100 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit
www.gpo.gov.
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