by Sabrina Salas Matanane

Guam - Vice Speaker B.J. Cruz has scheduled a series of hearings on the governor's spending cuts bill. The first of the hearings will be a roundtable assessment of the measure scheduled to begin on September 17th at 5:30pm in Legislature's Public Hearing Room. The roundtable will bring together public sector human resource professionals, personnel managers, administration representatives, the office of the attorney general, the Civil Service Commission and other community stakeholders to determine the full impact of the governor's bill. Hearings will then continue on September 18 at 5:30p.m. The hearing will be specific to the proposal's cuts related to firemen. Additional hearings on the governor's bill are being scheduled. According to a media release the specific provisions to be discussed are forthcoming and will occur beginning the week of the 23rd.