Hiring Freeze Starts, Layoffs Possible at Bureau of Prisons: ; Union Official Says Bush Administration Hasn't

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Prisons began a 30-day hiring freeze last week and will have to lay off some of its 35,000 employees next year unless the agency finds other ways to avert a budget crunch, said Director Harley G. Lappin.

Lappin announced the freeze Friday in a memo to employees and disclosed the prospective layoffs last month in a letter to a federal employee leader. He wrote that it was his "sincere desire" to avoid a layoff, known as a reduction in force, or RIF, through other cost saving measures at the agency, which has a $4.4 billion budget and operates 104 federal prisons.

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Hiring Freeze Starts, Layoffs Possible at Bureau of Prisons: ; Union Official Says Bush Administration Hasn't

"However, the reality is that if our continuing efforts are unsuccessful, for whatever reason, the agency will have no choice but to complete a formal reduction in...

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