Civilians in Pacific watch, wait on progress of spending bill

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Civilians in Pacific watch, wait on progress of spending bill
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, December 15, 2007

Civilian employees around the Pacific are taking a wait-and-see stance toward the lack of a war-spending bill.

Wayne A. Newnam, library manager at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, doesn’t know if his job will be affected, but he thinks the debate could be settled before any layoffs occur.

“I think cooler heads will prevail on this,” Newnam said.

Ken Morgan, skills and development supervisor at Yokosuka Naval Base’s Auto Hobby Shop, said he’s following the news of the possible layoffs but doesn’t think his shop would be affected.

“We are DOD civilians, but we’re nonappropriated-fund employees,” Morgan said. “It may have more impact on the GS employees on other parts of the base.”


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