March 6, 2012

DEP Secretary: Budget Does Something Very Important- No Staff Layoffs

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer underwent nearly three hours of questions about his agency's 2012-13 proposed budget from members of the House Appropriations Committee today.  Most of the questions were the same as those from the Senate budget hearing.
            Secretary Krancer said one of the most important accomplishments in this budget is that it funds the agency programs without any staff furloughs.  In contrast, Gov. Rendell's last budget resulted in taking DEP's budget back to 1994-95 levels and layoffs at DEP and DCNR.  Click Here for the full summary.