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Defense, Justice, Treasury and Homeland Security and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission plan to fill 3,670 intelligence analyst positions and are looking for people with proficiency in certain foreign languages.

In medicine and public health, the government expects to bring aboard 35,350 new hires. According to the report, the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to hire more than 28,000 employees through 2009 to staff its network of hospitals.

Accountants, auditors, budget analysts and contracting specialists also will be in demand, the report said. The Defense Department projects that it will hire 6,841 contracting specialists, and the Internal Revenue Service plans to hire 4,600 tax examiners.

Engineers of all types will be sought by the departments of Defense, Transportation and Energy and NASA and the NRC. The Pentagon estimates that it will hire 7,652 engineers.

The threat of bioterrorism is driving demand for scientists. The Agriculture Department projects hiring 2,462 employees in biological sciences.

Other agencies with big hiring plans include the Federal Aviation Administration (more than 4,300 controllers), the Patent and Trademark Office (more than 1,500 patent examiners) and the State Department (nearly 2,000 to handle increased demand for passports and visas), the report said.

Stephen Barr's e-mail address isbarrs@washpost.com.

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