Federal File

At the Department of Education and other federal agencies, a name may open the door to a "plum" job, a new list of a political appointments from the government's Office of Personnel Management suggests.

Of the more than 140 people working at the Education Department who were appointed by President Clinton or Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, at least five are connected to Clinton administration and Capitol Hill insiders.

Mr. Riley's communications director is David Frank. His brother is Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and his sister, Ann Lewis, was the chief spokeswoman for...