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To: Steve Fancy who wrote (1200)	3/12/1998 11:18:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Respond to of 22640

Brazil sees quick action on civil service details Reuters, Thursday, March 12, 1998 at 22:27 BRASILIA, March 12 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government will follow up Wednesday's approval of a long-awaited civil service reform bill by submitting the legislation's small print to Congress in April, Administration Minister Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira said on Thursday. Two regulatory bills spelling out criteria for dismissing civil servants whose jobs are now guaranteed are expected to be approved by Congress by the end of the year, Bresser Pereira told state-run Radio Nacional Thursday. The reform bill had been stuck in Congress for nearly three years before being rushed through amid fears of Asia-style financial crisis in Brazil. It was approved in a final Senate vote on Wednesday. The reform allows states and municipalities spending more than 60 percent of receipts to shed workers whose jobs are currently protected by the constitution. Civil servants who are found to be incompetent may also be dismissed. Before job cuts can be made, however, the regulatory bills must be approved. Officials expect some immediate savings after the approval of the reform, principally because to a ceiling on public sector pay and pensions, which does not require extra legislation to come into effect. william.schomberg@reuters.com)) Copyright 1998, Reuters News Service