Virginia Laying Off 600

The government layoffs have begun on the local and state level. We should start to see federal cuts in 2010.

Report: VDOT layoff begin
Monday, July 27, 2009, 1:59pm EDT
Washington Business Journal - by Jeff Clabugh Staff Reporter

The Virginia Department of Transportation is notifying 600 employees this week they are losing their jobs, according to the Associated Press.

The cuts are being made in Richmond and at VDOT’s nine districts. About 50 VDOT employees in Northern Virginia are being let go, the Associated Press reports.

The cuts are part of a plan to trim the agency’s payroll by nearly 1,500 full and part-time jobs.

VDOT currently has more than 8,000 employees statewide.