SecDef: Reduction in Civilian Furlough Days

August 6, 2013

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2013 – Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.

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