Editor’s note: A letter from the Acting Deputy Administrator was released yesterday containing the following HQ’s staffing guidelines for the individual codes:

CODE      CURRENT   NEW GUIDELINE
(Programs)
M         91        40
R         61        40
S         68        40
U         47        40
X         62        40
Y         58        40
(Functional & Staff)
A         33        23
B         55        39
C         122       60
E         22        15
F         58        41
G         36        25
H         54        38
I         44        31
J         64        45
K         5         4
L         23        16
O         28        20
P         41        29
Q         45        32
Z         15        11
Total          1032      669

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