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Working capital fund employee furloughs lawful, DoD comptroller says
By Sean Reilly, Federal Times
Responding to an inquiry from 31 Members of Congress, the Department of Defense (DOD) maintains that while they do not want to furlough any civilian employees, the planned administrative furloughs of Working Capital Fund activities are “legal and result in personnel cost savings.” Beginning this week, most DOD civilian employees are facing up to 11 furloughs through September 2013.
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