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Date: 2001-10-02 05:26:03

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Wall Street Journal
October 1, 2001
U.S. Agencies Start Hiring Spree For National-Security Positions
By Kelly K. Spors, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- While U.S.  businesses are laying off employees by the
thousands, the federal government is on a hiring spree to bolster
national security. 

After the Sept.  11 terrorist attacks, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation made an urgent call for speakers of Arabic, Farsi and
Pashto to help with its investigation of the hijackings.  A job notice
on the FBI Web site offering $27 to $38 an hour drew more than 12,000
responses in two weeks.  It requires applicants to be U.S.  citizens,
speak English, have permanent residence in the U.S.  and submit to
extensive background checks.  FBI employees will spend the next few
weeks screening applicants, FBI spokesman Bill Carter says. 

Mr.  Carter says he doesn't know if the big response reflects
unemployment, but, he adds, it shows "the spirit that individuals want
to help in this time of patriotism."

The Office of Personnel Management, the federal government's
human-resources administrator, has started a campaign to rehire former
federal employees, whether they retired or quit, and waive the typical
employee repayment costs.  So far, it has received about 2,000
responses. 

Officials say the program will help agencies fill slots quickly with
employees familiar with the work.  Personnel Management spokesman Mike
Orenstein says the former employees won't necessarily be given a
priority over new applicants but will make it easier for federal
agencies to find skilled applicants.  "When or if the current employees
are called to active duty, these people can come back and share their
skills," he says. 

Federal Aviation Administration officials are pushing to hire more
federal air marshals as a part of a string of efforts to tighten airline
security.  Within less than a week of posting an Internet notice on the
jobs, the FAA was flooded with 150,000 applications.  The agency is
looking for applicants under the age of 37 and says it will pay $35,000
to $80,000 a year, depending on their assigned duties.  "Before that,
they were just calling here about the job, and we were just swamped with
calls," FAA spokesman Paul Takemoto says. 

The U.S.  Customs Department posted a job notice on the Internet on
Sept.  1 to hire 3,000 entry-level inspectors for posts at U.S.  borders
and airports and seaports to succeed retiring inspectors.  The posting
got about 5,900 responses in 3 1/2 days and was taken down shortly
afterward, says U.S.  Customs spokesman Jim Michie.  Since the Sept.  11
attacks, the agency has been reassessing the number of inspectors needed
but hasn't determined if more than 3,000 will be required. 

The Central Intelligence Agency lists more than 50 different open
positions on its Web site, but a chief spokesman wouldn't comment on
whether the agency has been hiring more people than before Sept.  11 or
what major positions it is looking to fill.  "All I can say is we've
been getting 10 times the number of applications than we usually get in
an average week," spokesman Bill Harlow says. 

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