Money-saving move: Interns now unpaid
The governor's office and his Division of Financial Management have eliminated pay for their interns, as part of money-saving moves, DFM administrator Wayne Hammon told JFAC this morning, as he presented the two agencies' budget pitches to lawmakers. "In 2012, the budget is flat compared to 2011," he said. He said the lack of replacement capital is becoming noticeable; "we actually don't have enough telephones to put one on every desk in the agency. ... So we can get by another year, but that is an area of risk. Our infrastructure is starting to show the signs of stress."