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Latinos are still underrepresented in the federal workforce, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. "It's something that's been an issue for decades," said office spokesman Ken Oliver-Mendez. "What's really new is we're using more media and broadening our approach toward recruitment. We've been actively going to Hispanic media outlets. We've been working with nonprofits trying to let the Hispanic population know about the federal government as an employer." But unless this program succeeds where others like it have failed, the end result may be no more than a fractional gain: Despite the government's efforts, Latino representation in the federal workforce rose just two-tenths of a percentage point from 2005 to 2006.