Searching for Solutions to Staffing Problems in NM State Agencies

10.6.23 – KUNM reporter and first-time New Mexico in Focus correspondent Nash Jones asks the special roundtable how residents are impacted by the short-staffed public sector and how government agencies can best compete against the private market. 

Correspondent: Nash Jones 

Guests: 
Dylan Lange, acting director, New Mexico State Personnel Office  
Casey Padilla, president, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 18: New Mexico and Colorado  
Patricia Tafoya, acting director of Human Resources for the City of Albuquerque 

For More Information: 

City of Albuquerque joins with union to plead for workers – KUNM  

The most recent data from the NM State Personnel Office: https://www.spo.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/State-Personnel-FY23-Third-Quarter-Report-Final.pdf