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DFM says vacancy-savings targets are estimates, not fixed cuts
Summary
Deputy Commissioner Hardy Merrill told the House Appropriations Committee there is no single formula for budgeted vacancy savings; departments submit estimates and DFM reviews them, using tools such as pay-act requests and carryforward management to address midyear funding needs.
Deputy Commissioner Hardy Merrill of the Department of Finance and Management told the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 19 that budgeted vacancy savings are not produced by a single formula and are intended as estimates departments must justify during budget review.
"There is not a set, any set formulaic calculation to arrive at vacancy savings numbers," Merrill said, describing the position-summary and VTHR tools departments use to build budgets and the DFM…
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