Passing the Torch But Not Just Yet

As the veterans and baby boomers prepare to make their graceful

exits from the full-time federal workforce, agencies are exploring

the best ways to pass the torch to the next generation

of federal employees. In the next five years, 44 percent of all

federal workers will be eligible to retire, and 61 percent will reach eligibility

four years later. In addition, nearly 90 percent of six thousand federal

executives will be eligible to retire in the next ten years, and one million

federal wor