Last month, state officials agreed to increase staffing substantially to settle a lawsuit filed by advocates for abused children.

The District Attorney's office will also increase staffing through the weekend to enable it to handle a large number of arrests.

When the rebound finally comes, Mr. Stinson explains, production and sales can rise even higher than the 1999 level without the need to increase staffing.

It also increases staffing to at least 500 personnel by 2013.

Mr. Rowland said he had increased spending, staffing and training for the department.

The union persuaded the Democrat-controlled General Assembly to add $21 million to the state budget over two years to increase staffing.

Two weeks into the strike, the union abandoned its demand for legislation improving staffing by awarding higher reimbursements to homes that increase staffing.

In the wake of the crash, however, the agency moved to increase staffing, at least at Blue Grass.

Mrs. Whitman also committed $28 million in additional money to increase staffing, training and supervision.

The panel urged new policies that increase staffing at nursing homes so that residents don't sit, sometimes for hours, needing to use the toilet.