1.   He said the FAA would accelerate an existing plan to hire more inspectors and would work harder to track the status of problems its inspectors uncover.

2.   Pena decided to speed up the timetable and the new inspectors will be hired by the end of June.

3.   She also said an outside contractor would be hired to help carry out inspections while the city considered whether to hire new inspectors or use the outside contractor permanently.

4.   The aviation agency is now hiring inspectors who will be dedicated permanently to hazardous materials detection and handling, he said.

5.   The INS also hires inspectors locally, but INS Border Patrol agents who hail from specific border regions must serve elsewhere before going home.

6.   The legislature, meanwhile, appropriated money to hire additional inspectors.

7.   The result is that most Customs inspectors are hired locally.

8.   The Senate on Thursday approved her request to hire more inspectors.

9.   There is legislation pending in Congress that could produce substantial increases in funding for truck safety, including money to hire more inspectors on the U.S.-Mexico border.

10.   Tuesday, responding to complaints that the board was ineffective, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani agreed to provide more money for it and to hire more inspectors.