Treasury Rescue Plan Strained by Lack of Staff

From: Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2008

The current Treasury has so far struggled to keep up with the task of hiring enough people to handle the $700 billion financial rescue package passed by Congress in October. The man now in charge of running the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Assistant Secretary Neel Kashkari, said the department’s Office of Financial Stability, with about 40 full-time employees, is operating at half-staff…

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Word on the Street is that the Obama administration will beef up staffing with temporary attorneys and accountants.