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Stephen Barr is the author of The Federal Diary, which runs Sunday through Friday in the Metro section. Steve has been a reporter and editor at The Post since 1979, including stints as Federal Page editor, congressional editor and a staff writer covering the federal bureaucracy. (See The Post's May 2000 series, Empty Pipeline: The Federal Hiring Crisis.)

He takes the column live to answer your questions Wednesdays at noon EDT. Below are the transcripts from past discussions