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Friday, March 03, 2006 

State Government Workforce Increases 8 Percent

Cash-poor state, swelling payroll

New Jersey now has 84,458 state government employees, compared with 78,282 when Jim. McGreevey took office as governor in January 2002 promising leaner government. Most of the job growth has been in child welfare and motor vehicles services.

More than half the increase - 3,722 workers - came in the Department of Human Services as part of the overhaul the Division of Youth and Family Services has made in response to a court order to improve services or face a federal takeover of the department.

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