NEWS

Do you use the ACSS calendar?

The ACSS calendar is chock full of meetings, worksite visits, and other events that affect state supervisors, managers, and confidential employees.

Check it out now: www.acss.org/events

Bookmark the page, check back often, and spread the word to co-workers and friends.

Seeing double? Seeing double?

Over the holidays you may have received two emails from ACSS that contained very similar--and dated--news items. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

We're testing out a new system to improve the speed with which we get important news in front of you, and our new service provider had some issues that caused the errors.

We're working to iron out the remaining bugs and hope to soon have a speedy, effective means of getting the information that matters delivered to you on a regular basis.

Stay tuned, and thanks for understanding.

Gov's budget cuts another 3,000 positions

Gov. Brown's 2012-2013 budget was released this week, and it includes several cuts that will directly impact state employees, first among them the elimination of another 3,000 state employee positions on top of the 15,000 positions cut in the 2011-2012 budget.

At a press conference covering the budget release, Director of Finance Ana Matosantos stated that "many" of the 3,000 positions to be cut will be within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and that the "goal is to redirect employees to facilities that have vacancies and minimize layoffs to the extent possible." According to the budget, CDCR's budget will be cut by $1.1 billion, or 18%. Read more after the jump.