Richardson releases titles of separated exempt workers

Gov. Bill Richardson's office today released a list of the titles of the exempt employees who recently have been separated from state government. The move comes months after various local media and the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government repeatedly asked for the names of the 59 exempt employees who were laid off earlier this year. The list has 69 people who were separated from state government. I take that to include people who were laid off, fired or quit.

The information came with a news release that says Richardson has eliminated 1,071 vacant positions, including 73 exempt positions that were vacant. His office said Richardson now controls 346 filled exempt positions.

Here's the list of gov exempt separations

Separations 5-14-10

And here's the list of gov exempt positions that were eliminated. The Governor's Office said two lists overlap somewhat.

Eliminations 5-14-10