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Nation’s Capital to Cut 1,600 City Jobs
By Erik Even | Dated: 03-21-2009
Washington, DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has proposed eliminating 1,632 government jobs, as well as raising fees on parking meters, emergency phone service and business licensing.Fenty laid out a plan to lay off 776 employees, with the rest of the cuts covered by attrition and the elimination of vacant jobs. They include 250 positions in the public schools, 240 in the mental health department, 138 in public works and 118 in the finance office.
The Fenty administration will have cut almost 2,500 city jobs in two years, about 7.5% of the city’s 32,800-person workforce.
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