Friday was the 165th birthday of Dr. Cannon, the first woman elected to a state legislature and the founder of what later became the Utah Department of Health. It was also the first birthday of the new Utah Department of Health & Human Services."We have almost 6,000 employees throughout the entire Department of Health & Human Services," said Tracy Gruber, the agency's executive director."Our budget is about $7 billion.
The COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Hofmann said, really highlighted how intertwined these services are. As the state prepared to merge the agencies, it also showed how much overlap they have. With the merger, no employees will lose their jobs . Jessie Mandle, the deputy director of Voices for Utah Children, said her group had concerns about combining the agencies in the COVID-19 pandemic. But she praised the agencies for listening to public comment and being transparent about their plans.But how does a mega-merger avoid creating even more bureaucracy?
Semper Bureaucracy. 🙄
I suspect that number of 6,000 will be pared waaay down soon. lol.
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