By 2016, more than 20.7 million American adults will work in the nation's roughly 89,000 state and local governments.During the same period, the federal government is expected to ________.

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The passage does not provide any information about the expected changes in the workforce of the federal government, so we cannot assume any of the options presented. Therefore, the best answer is D, which suggests that the federal government's workforce will stay approximately the same size.

By 2016, More Than 20