Legislative Branch Staffing, 1954-2007 (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Oct. 15, 2008 |
| Report Number |
R40056 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
R. Eric Petersen, Analyst in American National Government |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
This report provides data and analysis concerning legislative branch staffing levels since 1954.Legislative branch staff include congressional staff, who work in the House or Senate, andlegislative agency staff, who work in a legislative branch agency. Legislative branch staff arecounted by full-time equivalent (FTE) positions or payroll positions. FTE positions are based onan estimate of time needed to carry out the work of an agency, which is used to compute anestimated level of staffing. The second method considers staff on the payroll, a Ahead count@method that counts the number of people actually carrying out the work of an agency. Because oftheir consistency and availability, payroll data are used for this report. FTE data are used in a fewcases when payroll data are unavailable.
