>>>Now, I didn't say this....and you didn't read this....but have you thought about checking out your local government agencies? Generally, particularly at the county/state level, salaries are fixed at a specific amount (usually about 1/3 - 1/2 of the going rate in the private sector). You might be surprised at what you find.
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>>Hmmmmm.... I live in the state capital, but I'm afraid most of the programming & database related state jobs here are AS/400. But let's say that *if* ;) somebody was to tell me a tip like this, how would I possibly go about finding possible government employees with applicable experience?
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>Check to see if the governor's office has a job-line. Look in the want-ads (gods know most of our agencies have perpetual listings.
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>If the gov's office doesn't have a Job Line, check out some of the larger agencies, chances are they have Internet sites or go by the personel offices and grab job listing descriptions.
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>As an example, you can check out Texas Department of Health @ www.tdh.state.tx.us. I would imagine that your state agencies have the same type of address structure.

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