Federal Manager's Daily Report

The representation of women and minorities as federal

executives and managers is increasing, according to latest

Office of Personnel Management figures that also show that

the federal government in general employs a higher

percentage of minorities and women than the private sector.


Women are moving out of clerical and blue-collar occupations

into careers that lead to higher grades and the percentage

of women in GS-13 to GS-15 through the Senior Executive

Service and other executive levels jumped by 4,976 from

109,819 (32.4 percent) in 2002 to 114,795 (33.0 percent)

in 2003. The percentage of minorities at the same levels

rose 3,619 from 69,623 (20.5 percent) in 2002 to 73,242

(21.1 percent) in 2003 in the same period.


Women in professional and administrative positions rose

9,395 (2.6 percent), from 356,289 in 2002 to 365,684 in

2003, women in federal professional occupations increased

by 2.4 percent, and in technical occupations represented

61.1 percent of that workforce, said OPM