Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced she plans to cut the Department of Financial Services call centers from 11 to two, for a $5 million savings over five years.
Ms. Sink said DFS will consolidate its 11 customer service locations into two centers in Tallahassee and Largo.
DFS customer service representatives will work in one of the two offices as of Feb. 1, 2009. DFS said it will provide up to $2,000 in moving cost assistance for affected employees to transfer to Tallahassee or Largo.
The department also said it will give "preferential consideration" for other DFS vacancies to employees choosing to stay in their communities.
Florida's Legislature recently instructed state agencies to find ways to help balance the state's budget.
CFO Sink's department is responsible for educational consumer outreach, insurance fraud investigations, workers' compensation enforcement, arson investigations, funeral and cemetery licensing, agent and agency licensing, and financial literacy workshops.
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