Many grads who set out with a specific career path find their chosen field closed off by the lack of entry-level positions. Other are compelled by economic uncertainties to pounce on the first paycheck they can secure.

The closings, to be carried out over two years, will save the government more than $40 million in office space and rent expenses, according to the agency.

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Mail handlers are being offered a total of $15,000 to leave, in installments this December and a year later in 2013. Almost all career employees covered by the Postal Service’s contract with the National Postal Mail Handlers Union are eligible, postal officials said. The agreement with the mail handlers comes a week after postal officials announced plans to proceed with consolidating and closing 48 mail processing plants this summer. The plant network will shrink by half in the next three years, eliminating 28,000 jobs through attrition and buyouts.

But the court has an active Web site that provides a visitor’s guide, electronic docket, links to current and past opinions and transcripts of its oral arguments

John Huston’s controversial World War II documentary about soldiers suffering from combat stress has been restored by the National Archives and put online to mark Memorial Day.

The film, “Let There Be Light,” was supressed by the Army and not shown to the public until 1980. The restoration has repaired the soundtrack, allowing viewers to hear once-inaudible conversations between the soldiers and the Army doctors treating them for what was then called shell shock and is now known as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Peter Van Buren, a foreign service officer who wrote an unflattering book about his year leading reconstruction teams in Iraq, has received the support of the American Civil Liberties Union in his effort to keep his job.

Sopko has more than 30 years experience in investigative and oversight work. He joined Akin Gump in January 2009 as an investigator after two years as chief counsel for oversight and investigations for the House Energy and Commerce committee. At the firm, he focuses on congressional and federal investigations.