The full total of the state's workforce, from public administration and the health service to local municipalities, is some 5m people.

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Physicians, public health experts, and industrial health experts came from the Public Health Service and the Farm Security Administration.

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The Social Security Administration and the Public Health Service recruited staff for the UMW program.

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It ran at 90% of capacity in 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration, and Central Vermont Public Service says it's the most reliable source of power the utility has access to.

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In 2004, when Manmohan Singh, himself a trained economist, became prime minister, there were great hopes that he would modernise administration, bring well-qualified professionals into public service, and insulate civil servants and police officers from political interference.

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Garden City, a legal-administration service, recently sent out a blanket proposed settlement for 298 initial public offerings that took place in 1999 and 2000.

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