How has the budget crisis affected the delivery of public services where you work?

Fewer police on the roads, cutbacks on clearing roads of snow, and schools that are close to one another are having two teams use the same bus.
Robert Walser, Illinois

A hiring freeze has reduced the number of employees [available] to perform the same or increasing workload.
Kelly Seifert, Kansas

Some units are not hiring [for] faculty positions for next year, and layoffs of administrative personnel have begun. It's going to be a really ugly couple of years.
Catherine Lugg, New Jersey

As a public employee, I have noticed cuts in manpower and services available to the public
Patricia Pitt, Maryland

In my place of work (public higher education), most of the budgetary stresses are being absorbed by the employees—unfilled positions, diminishing benefits—rather than showing up as a reduction of services. The biggest impact is that students and their families are paying higher tuition and fees.
Rob Bower, Rhode Island