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Igel

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3. Part of the problem is that nobody knows what budgets are going to be affected.

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:53 PM

Dec 2012

They should know. The legislation from 18 months ago said that this had to be made known months before this. Don't know that anybody's bothered to look ahead to see exactly how to implement this.

Looks more like the assumption was that planning would be a waste of time, or perhaps encourage it. Would've caused less anxiety, to be sure.

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Doesn't exactly work that way. elleng Dec 2012 #1

Part of the problem is that nobody knows what budgets are going to be affected. Igel Dec 2012 #3

I was a federal employee back when Newtie was the Speaker LibGranny Dec 2012 #2

K&R midnight Dec 2012 #4