Federal government is still hiring workers

The New York Daily News reports:

Unemployment has been rising, and the economy is tight, but the nation's biggest employer is hiring.

The federal government, which employs about 2 million workers, is facing a labor squeeze as baby boomers retire. Nearly one third of federal employees will reach retirement age by the end of 2012, including 58% of those now in supervisory roles, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

"There is a great crisis in the federal work force," said Max Stier, president of Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that tries to bring young talent and retired private sector workers into the federal workforce.