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Sequestration by Federal Agency

Find below more detailed information about sequestration cuts and furloughs at individual Federal Agencies.

Environmental Protection Agency:

Total number of furlough days slightly less than seven
Phase 1: April 21st - June 15th

• Requires 32 furlough hours for each EPA employee through first 2 pay periods, including one mandatory furlough day for entire agency on Friday, May 24th
• Possible liberal leave without pay and reducing supplies and travel spending

Phase 2: June 16th- September 30th

• Based upon review of "success" of Phase 1
  2 mandatory furlough days on Friday, July 5th and Friday, August 30th
• Contractors will be untouched by sequestration due to manner in which contracts were written

EPA Internal Furlough Memo

Department of Interior:

• Furloughs are expected, but the exact plan has not been detailed
• Impose hiring freeze
• Reduce all but essential travel
• Revisit conference approval process and reduce/cancel participation in these events
• Identify non-essential contracts and other commitments that can be reduced
• Eliminate seasonal and temporary positions

Department of Defense:

• Forced to furlough civilian employees up to 11 days
• Employees will be given at least 30 days' notice

Department of Navy:

• Immediate hiring freeze
• Postpone all government sponsored conferences
• Stopped all non-mission essential travel
• Reduced overtime work
• Will consider civilian furloughs of up to 11 days
• Furloughs will be centrally managed by DoD

Defense Commissary Agency:

• Agency-wide hiring freeze
• Limit non-critical official travel
• Close all commissaries on Wednesdays
• Close the Headquarters on Wednesdays
• Possible furlough of every DeCA employee one day a week for up to 11 days

National Guard Bureau:

• Possible furlough action affecting all permanent and temporary technicians
• Furlough expected to begin the last week of April
• Agency hiring freeze will not be implemented
• Every affected civilian employee would be subject to furlough for up to 11 non-consecutive days
• If an agreement is reached that averts sequestration and restores the needed funding, all furloughs will be immediately canceled

Defense Logistics Agency:

Option 1: All employees will be furloughed on the same day to save further operational costs

• Closure days will alternate from Friday the first week to Monday the second week-allowing for a 4-day closure

Option 2: Non-continuous furlough days will be identified by employees based on seniority

• All overtime will stop first before any employees are furloughed
• Termination of all temporary and term employees before any other employee is furloughed
• Terminate any contractors doing the same function as those DLA employees before any employees are furloughed
• Review contractor work and consider renewal, termination or suspension of contracts prior to furloughing any employee
• Terminate all contracts that are not for national security
• Employees will be provided with written notice of furlough
• Furlough days will be served on Mondays or Fridays

Department of Transportation:
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Nearly 47,000 employees would be furloughed for 1 day per pay period through Sept.