Should recent graduates consider a career in the federal government?

As I am currently working on another piece for the Washington Post, I realized I never posted my last one, co-written with the Post staff:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/should-recent-graduates-consider-a-career-in-the-federal-government/2012/02/09/gIQAJzyn4Q_blog.html

Happy March! Hope everyone had a fun leap day yesterday!