Posted on 04/24/2004 9:05:04 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Sequestered in the depths of the state's now-defunct Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency offices, more than 250 state workers and others are quietly and quickly working on one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's most ambitious projects yet.
The workers, on loan to the governor from other departments forced to make do without them in the midst of a hiring freeze, are attempting to reinvent the bureaucracy to trim costs and cut waste in virtually every corner of state government, all by June 30.
Some are skeptical that this mysterious group promising a dramatic government reorganization can succeed. Others worry that recommendations to eliminate entire departments or boards, tailored to the Republican governor's political agenda, will be thrust at lawmakers with little public scrutiny.
The review is unnerving state work-force leaders already squeamish about Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts and pledge against tax hikes.
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