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"the original proposal I put together was one for $6.5 million. $1.8 Million, which would net us about 50 FTE."

“the original proposal I put together was one for $6.5 million. $1.8 Million, which would net us about 50 FTE.”
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Alaska News
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Anchorage
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August 4, 2026

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And so the memo that I originally drafted was, uh, one in which we would only spend up to that threshold, so we would not exceed $7 million. So the original proposal I put together was one for $6.5 million. $1.8 Million, which would net us about 50 FTE.

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