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[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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ROBERT X. CRINGELY(R): "Notes from the Field" InfoWorld.com
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Monday, November 26, 2001


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TURF BATTLES RAGING AT HP

Posted November 21, 2001 01:01 PM  Pacific Time

Layoff talk is also circulating at the National
Security Agency (NSA), where my informant says the
organization will eject more than 1,000 civilian
employees by Oct. 1 of next year. The NSA has already
shifted around 700 IT experts to contract status. The
result: Morale is understandably low at the agency, as
staff add job-security concerns to the stress of the
Sept. 11 tragedy.



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