21.  Over the years he served as a consultant to various federal departments and agencies.

22.  Paul Light, who studies government organization at the Brookings Institution, said new federal departments have always been more expensive than the agencies they have replaced.

23.  Roddy works for federal department of Housing and Urban Development and was told on Tuesday that he could leave work.

24.  Similar reports are being prepared by the federal departments of Justice, Defense and Health and Human Services.

25.  Some federal departments and the research they support may not survive the next few years.

26.  The administration has been bombarded with applications from GOP job seekers looking for work in the federal departments and agencies.

27.  The bill provides money for nine federal departments and dozens of agencies for the last five months of the fiscal year.

28.  The federal department of education is paying for a more comprehensive study of the effects of the strategy.

29.  The federal departments headed by Bush cabinet members still have robust Web sites, because much of their work goes on regardless of who fills the top posts.

30.  The figure reflects complaints not only to the Federal housing department but also to state and local governments.