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• FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEADED BACK TO WORK - October 17, 2013

• Employees are expected to return for work on their next regularly scheduled work day

  By Government Executive Staff

  President Obama early Thursday signed into law a bill that reopens the federal government and suspends the debt limit until February 2014.

  The legislation – which passed the Senate 81-18 and the House 285-144 – would fund the government through Jan. 15, and suspend the debt limit through Feb. 7. It funds most agencies at fiscal 2013 post-sequestration levels, and will allow the Treasury secretary to continue taking extraordinary measures to meet the country’s financial obligations.

  To read the full article, please visit: http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/10/federal-employees-headed-back-to-work-thursday/72080/?oref=top-story 

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