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State financial regulators tasked to do more with less amid changes

Budget cutbacks at the Office of Financial Regulation have led to significant staff reductions and the consolidation of half of its satellite offices, but that’s just one of many recent changes at the agency.

The 2012-2013 fiscal year budget for OFR included a cutback of $3.5 million and 81 positions, and the agency is in the process of shuttering four of its eight regional offices. Pensacola, Jacksonville, Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale will shut down while Orlando, Tampa, Miami and West Palm Beach will remain open.

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