They work in intergovernmental affairs, public liaison, personnel, scheduling, administration and personal staff, traditionally regarded as female fields.

Earlier this year President Clinton nominated him as assistant secretary of education for intergovernmental and interagency affairs.

The lawyers also noted that the four defendants were not the city's highest-ranking people or the first to work in the office of intergovernmental affairs.

Soon afterwards, Akerman received a contract from the provincial government to become executive director of intergovernmental affairs.

From 1980 until 1989, Freudenthal worked in the office of the Wyoming governor as an attorney for intergovernmental affairs.

He was special assistant for intergovernmental affairs to the first President Bush and later worked under him as an assistant secretary of education.

Mr. Suozzi put him in charge of housing, intergovernmental affairs and several economic development agencies.

He also worked in the fields of intergovernmental affairs, economic development, labour market policy and demographic analysis.

Ms. Steaman, 49, a secretary in intergovernmental affairs, has worked 23 years for the provincial government.

Before that he was Assistant Secretary of State for legislative and intergovernmental affairs.