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FURLOUGHS REDUCED
Posted by:
FURLOUGH FREDDY
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Date: March 28, 2013 12:49PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Department civilian employees will have to take 14 days of unpaid leave this year instead of the 22 previously planned after Congress adjusted Pentagon funding in a measure signed by the president this week, an official said on Thursday.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel decided on Wednesday to reduce the number of furlough days facing most of the Pentagon's nearly 800,000 civilian employees to 14 from 22.
The Pentagon had been set to send out furlough notices to employees last week, but delayed the move after Congress passed a measure that funded the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The department said it needed two weeks to see how the measure affected Pentagon finances.
The Defense Department is facing more than $40 billion in budget cuts this year under a process known as sequestration after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on alternative ways to reduce deficits. The new cuts went into effect on March 1.
The Pentagon budget also has been squeezed by a temporary funding mechanism that left it with a shortfall in the main account used to pay civilian personnel.
The funding measure signed by Obama this week kept the budget cuts under sequestration intact but allocated more money to the account used to pay civilians, letting the Pentagon reduce the amount of unpaid leave.
The Pentagon has not announced how many of its nearly 800,000 civilians will have to take unpaid leave, but officials have predicted it could be in the range of 80 percent.
Officials have said civilians supporting the war effort would not be affected, but a final decision on how many other essential personnel would be exempted has not been announced.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel decided on Wednesday to reduce the number of furlough days facing most of the Pentagon's nearly 800,000 civilian employees to 14 from 22.
The Pentagon had been set to send out furlough notices to employees last week, but delayed the move after Congress passed a measure that funded the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The department said it needed two weeks to see how the measure affected Pentagon finances.
The Defense Department is facing more than $40 billion in budget cuts this year under a process known as sequestration after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on alternative ways to reduce deficits. The new cuts went into effect on March 1.
The Pentagon budget also has been squeezed by a temporary funding mechanism that left it with a shortfall in the main account used to pay civilian personnel.
The funding measure signed by Obama this week kept the budget cuts under sequestration intact but allocated more money to the account used to pay civilians, letting the Pentagon reduce the amount of unpaid leave.
The Pentagon has not announced how many of its nearly 800,000 civilians will have to take unpaid leave, but officials have predicted it could be in the range of 80 percent.
Officials have said civilians supporting the war effort would not be affected, but a final decision on how many other essential personnel would be exempted has not been announced.
Re: FURLOUGHS REDUCED
Posted by:
mark j
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Date: March 28, 2013 05:13PM
I was VERY disappointed to read that furlough days may be cut for DoD.
For you dumb fucks that voted for the Marxist Messiah, you deserve this..no sympathy for you...
for those that voted for Romney and are getting laid off..my sympathies...
For you dumb fucks that voted for the Marxist Messiah, you deserve this..no sympathy for you...
for those that voted for Romney and are getting laid off..my sympathies...
Re: FURLOUGHS REDUCED
Posted by:
Stabitha
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Date: March 28, 2013 05:36PM
And guess what......they are increasing the Park Police furloughs. Which means many traditional DC summer time events could be in jepordy i.e 4th of July
Re: FURLOUGHS REDUCED
Posted by:
DNC
()
Date: March 28, 2013 05:46PM
Stabitha Wrote:
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> And guess what......they are increasing the Park
> Police furloughs. Which means many traditional DC
> summer time events could be in jepordy i.e 4th of
> July
If Obamas gun control bills are passed we won't need police anymore.
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> And guess what......they are increasing the Park
> Police furloughs. Which means many traditional DC
> summer time events could be in jepordy i.e 4th of
> July
If Obamas gun control bills are passed we won't need police anymore.
Re: FURLOUGHS REDUCED
Posted by:
fantasy island
()
Date: March 28, 2013 06:32PM
DNC Wrote:
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> Stabitha Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And guess what......they are increasing the
> Park
> > Police furloughs. Which means many traditional
> DC
> > summer time events could be in jepordy i.e 4th
> of
> > July
>
> If Obamas gun control bills are passed we won't
> need police anymore.
yes because we all know that gangs and violent felons wont have any guns to use.......
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> Stabitha Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And guess what......they are increasing the
> Park
> > Police furloughs. Which means many traditional
> DC
> > summer time events could be in jepordy i.e 4th
> of
> > July
>
> If Obamas gun control bills are passed we won't
> need police anymore.
yes because we all know that gangs and violent felons wont have any guns to use.......
Re: FURLOUGHS REDUCED
Posted by:
Ze Plane, Ze Plane!
()
Date: March 28, 2013 06:45PM
fantasy island Wrote:
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> yes because we all know that gangs and violent
> felons wont have any guns to use.......
They'll stop getting guns because they won't be
able to pass the necessary background checks needed
before a sale can take place. Besides, no one has
any bullets left and cannot buy more, right?
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> yes because we all know that gangs and violent
> felons wont have any guns to use.......
They'll stop getting guns because they won't be
able to pass the necessary background checks needed
before a sale can take place. Besides, no one has
any bullets left and cannot buy more, right?