Walker announces state hiring, travel freeze

New restrictions on state of Alaska hiring and employee travel were announced Tuesday. Gov. Bill Walker said the restrictions formalize what many state agencies and departments are already doing to cut costs.
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“The travel is for restrictions on nonessential. An example would be a conference someplace that has to go through a process to get approval. There is a waiver process for that, but it has to be associated with the travel, has to be associated with what you do.”
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