The money for the trust fund is to come from personnel reductions and other, unspecified cuts in Federal programs.

The personnel reductions were to my mind the driving force.

We would be limited to personnel reductions because cuts in big weapon systems don't have an immediate impact on the budget.

The service has been through several personnel reductions over the last 15 years, during which the number of career employees bounced between 655,000 and 780,000.

Without reaching the goal of personnel reduction, the entire package would have to be scaled back.

He said the cuts could include personnel reductions, but should have no impact on services to the public.

The change resulted in personnel reductions from 21,000 in 1991 to 13,500.

Indeed, some systems integrators also offer help in managing personnel reductions.

The French government also announced a major personnel reduction on July 22.

We will meet our 100,000-employee personnel reduction by the end of fiscal year '95.