[DHS-News] Vol. 4, No. 5

[WHITEHOUSE Gary]

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dhs-news
September 18, 2002
Volume 4, Issue 5
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Budget balanced, but uncertainty remains
2. Diversity and DHS

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1. DHS has suspended plans to proceed with $121 million in across-the-board
cuts to programs and services. However, if a three-year tax increase measure
fails in January, the department would once again face large cuts. Read
Director Bobby Mink's message about the current state of the budget:
http://www.hr.state.or.us/news/messages/welcome.html

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2. With the annual Diversity Conference opening this week in Corvallis, read
about what diversity means to DHS, at the DHS Web site's diversity page:
http://www.hr.state.or.us/diversity/tools/
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