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TABLE 2: THE THICKENING OF GOVERNMENT, 1960-1998
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Title |
Number of Departments in which Title Exists
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Number of Occupants with each Title
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1960 |
1992 |
1998 |
2004 |
1960 |
1992
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1998 |
2004 |
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Secretary Chief of Staff to the Secretary Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary |
10 --- --- |
14 11 2 |
14 13 9 |
15 14 13 |
10 --- --- |
14 11 2 |
14 13 10 |
15 14 13 |
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Deputy Secretary (DS) Chief of Staff to the DS Deputy Chief of Staff Deputy Deputy Secretary Principal Associate DS Associate DS Deputy Associate DS Assistant DS |
3 --- --- --- 1 --- --- --- |
14 2 --- --- --- 6 --- --- |
14 5 --- 3 1 6 1 3 |
15 4 1 3 1 6 1 2 |
6 --- --- --- 2 --- --- --- |
20 2 --- --- --- 13 --- --- |
23 6 --- 5 1 12 1 5 |
24 4 1 5 1 15 1 6 |
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Under Secretary (US) Chief of Staff to the US Principal Deputy US Deputy Under Secretary Chief of Staff to the Deputy US Principal Associate Deputy US Associate Deputy US Principal Assistant Deputy US Assistant Deputy US Associate Under Secretary Assistant Under Secretary |
8 --- 1 4 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- |
9 --- 2 11 --- 1 6 --- 1 1 --- |
10 4 2 8 --- --- --- 1 1 1 1 |
15 7 6 10 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 |
15 --- 1 9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- |
32 --- 8 52 --- 1 11 --- 11 1 --- |
41 4 13 53 --- --- --- 5 16 1 4 |
53 13 17 79 1 1 8 6 7 12 1 |
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Assistant Secretary (AS) Chief of Staff to the AS Deputy Chief of Staff Principal Deputy AS Associate Principal Deputy AS Deputy Assistant Secretary Chief of Staff to the Deputy AS Principal Deputy Deputy AS Deputy Deputy AS Associate Deputy AS Chief of Staff to the Assoc. Deputy AS Deputy Associate AS Assistant Deputy AS Principal Associate AS Associate AS Chief of Staff to the Assoc. AS Deputy Associate AS Principal Assistant AS Assistant Assistant Secretary Chief of Staff to the Assistant AS Deputy Assistant AS |
10 --- --- 1 --- 7 --- --- --- 5 --- --- --- --- 1 --- --- --- 3 --- --- |
14 4 --- 8 --- 14 --- --- --- 4 --- --- 3 --- 14 --- --- --- 14 --- 11 |
14 8 --- 7 1 14 --- 1 1 6 --- --- 2 2 12 1 11 8 14 1 13 |
15 10 4 8 2 15 2 -- 1 7 3 1 3 2 12 1 9 2 15 --- 14 |
87 --- --- 1 --- 78 --- --- --- 20 --- --- --- --- 4 --- --- --- 16 --- --- |
225 5 --- 76 --- 518 --- --- --- 50 --- --- 26 --- 208 --- 121 --- 177 --- 57 |
212 21 --- 64 1 484 --- 5 1 42 --- --- 16 6 148 2 --- 66 220 1 82 |
256 36 4 74 --- 535 3 --- 5 24 6 1 6 3 167 1 56 4 269 --- 100 |
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Administrator (Adm.) Chief of Staff to the Adm. Deputy Chief of Staff to the Adm. Assistant Chief of Staff to the Adm. Principal Deputy Adm. Deputy Adm. Chief of Staff to the Deputy Adm. Associate Deputy Adm. Deputy Associate Deputy Adm. Assistant Deputy Adm. Deputy Assistant Deputy Adm. Senior Associate Adm. Associate Adm. Chief of Staff to the Associate Adm. Deputy Executive Associate Adm. Deputy Associate Adm. Assistant Adm. Chief of Staff to the Assistant Adm. Deputy Assistant Adm. Associate Assistant Adm. Associate Deputy Assistant Adm. |
9 --- --- --- --- 8 --- --- --- 1 --- --- 2 --- --- 7 --- --- --- --- --- |
11 2 --- --- 3 10 -- 1 --- 4 --- 9 --- --- --- 6 8 --- 8 1 --- |
9 5 --- 1 2 9 2 1 3 1 1 --- 9 1 --- 4 8 1 5 --- --- |
10 7 2 --- 3 10 1 2 --- 3 --- 1 9 1 1 6 9 --- 7 1 1
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90 --- --- --- --- 52 --- --- --- 2 --- --- 3 --- --- 55 --- --- --- --- --- |
128 7 --- --- 9 190 15 --- 48 --- --- --- 105 --- --- 28 159 --- 66 12 --- |
139 12 --- 1 4 192 30 1 42 1 1 --- 138 1 --- 24 146 1 54 --- ---
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120 14 2 --- 4 187 1 43 29 1 --- 1 136 3 1 27 114 --- 60 1 1 |
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Number of Departments where Title Exists
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Number of Positions Open for Occupancy
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1960 |
1992 |
1998 |
2004 |
1960 |
1992 |
1998 |
2004 | |
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Total Absolute Increase Increase per year |
17 --- --- |
33 16 0.5 |
51 18 3.0 |
64 13 2.1 |
451 --- --- |
2,409 1,958 62
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2,385* -24 -4 |
2,592* 207 35
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Sources: 1960 and 1992 data are from Paul C. Light, Thickening Government: Federal Hierarchy and the Diffusion of Accountability (Brookings/Governance, 1995), 1998 data are from further coding of the Federal Yellow Book, Winter 1998 edition. | ||||||||