Money crunch forcing Army belt-tightening - TheHill.com: "A budget crunch is forcing the Army to impose hiring freezes, restrict overtime pay, and offer early retirements at bases across the country.
A budget crunch is forcing the Army to impose hiring freezes, restrict overtime pay, and offer early retirements at bases across the country.
The service is even considering taking away BlackBerrys from workers it determines are “unnecessary” users, according to a service memo obtained by The Hill.
The belt-tightening is necessary because base operating budgets are no longer supplemented through emergency appropriations Congress has passed in recent years to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars."
