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• DOD ISSUES DIRECTIVES RE: FURLOUGHS - July 2, 2013

• Defense Contractors and Military Personnel Can’t Fill In for Furloughed Civilians

  By Charles S. Clark, Government Executive

  In a memo to the joint chiefs, all undersecretaries, and major Department of Defense (DOD) directors, F.E. Vollrath, assistant Defense secretary for readiness and force management, announced that Defense Department managers may not “borrow military manpower” nor step up assignments to contractors to make up for furloughed civilian employees. DOD furloughs are scheduled to begin on July 8.

  To read the full article, please visit: http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/07/defense-contractors-and-military-personnel-cant-fill-furloughed-civilians/65897/?oref=top-story

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