"By the Office of Personnel Management’s calculations, 30 percent of the federal workforce will be eligible to retire during the next four years" states Charles Clark in his article for Government Executive Magazine. He goes on to talk about the fact that 59% of the Senior Executive Services are also in this group. This is an engaging article that brings up four trends we should be watching in 2013. The link is below.
http://www.govexec.com/magazine/features/2012/11/facing-hurdles/59138/?oref=mag-module