Despite concerns about sequestration by unions and boasts about belt-tightening from politicians, the civil service workforce of most federal agencies has grown over the last several years.

And since the across-the-board cuts known as sequestration went into effect early last year, the permanent federal workforce grew by 34,000, more than any year in recent memory.

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