Editorial Process
Every figure on PlainGovJobs traces back to a named public source, computed by documented pipelines. this is who's accountable for the data framing, methodology, and corrections you read here.
According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management FedScope dataset (March 2025), PlainGovJobs publishes statistics on 2,289,472 federal civilian employees across 115 agencies and 634 occupation series. Every figure published here is traced back to its official public source and computed by deterministic pipelines, not hand-entered. Our methodology sets out exactly how each dataset is sourced, computed, and refreshed, and the about page explains how we handle corrections when a reader flags something. the accountable contact below are accountable for that data framing, methodology, and corrections, not an anonymous "team," but people you can hold to a standard.
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Plaingovjobs is a data journalism portal that focuses on federal workforce jobs using public government data to provide detailed analyses and visualizations for public insight. The portal's content is compiled by our editorial process, and the team does not accept payment from entities it covers to maintain independence. As a PlainGovJobs publication, Plaingovjobs delivers neutral coverage of employment trends and policies in the federal sector.
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PlainGovJobs is a data-journalism publisher: we compile public datasets, verify them against their official sources, and present them in plain language. Editorial standards, sourcing, and how we handle corrections are described on our about and methodology pages.