A 2009 government-wide review of federal workforce needs concluded that the federal government is in need of
workers in public health more than any other area; see Partnership for Public Service, Where the Jobs Are 2009
(Washington, D.C., 2009) (accessed online 9/30/09 at http://data.wherethejobsare.org/wtja/home). Further, the
American Public Health Association projects that 23 percent of the public health workforce will be eligible to retire
by 2012; see American Public Health Association, Shortage of U.S. Public Health Workers Projected to Worsen:
About 250,000 New Workers Needed