Article: FDIC planning to reduce its swollen work force. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.)

WASHINGTON - After quadrupling its staff during the last decade, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is preparing to slim down.

The agency is working on an early retirement package for as many as 1,100 employees. Another group - 1,000 temporary staffers - will be let go by yearend.

Rumors that a massive reduction in force is coming are being dismissed by senior officials, but they admit that trimming the agency's 15,000-person work force is a top priority.

"This is going to be a huge undertaking," said FDIC research director Roger Watson. "It's easy to grow. It is much harder to shrink. It's not as much fun either."

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