That may be how that CNS article quoted the BLS, but it's not what the BLS says. The actual numbers show total government (federal, state, local) employment grew by 0.008% --17,000 jobs-- all of which were local government. Federal level saw no hiring and state gov't's shrunk. FWIW over the decades federal government employment's been shrinking --ok up a bit with Obama but nowhere near as high as it was when Reagan was president.
