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October 7, 2013 By AMK

SecDef orders most furloughed civilian employees back to work

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Saturday that most of the 400,000 civilian defense workers who were furloughed due to the government shutdown can go back to work, ending a work stoppage that the Pentagon’s top budget official criticized as “a colossal waste of time.”

“I am now directing the military departments and other DOD components to move expeditiously to identify all employees whose activities fall under these categories,” Hagel said in a statement Saturday afternoon. “I expect us to be able to significantly reduce – but not eliminate – civilian furloughs under this process.  Employees can expect to hear more information from their managers starting this weekend.”

Hagel and his staff have been huddling all week to find a way to exempt more workers from furloughs after President Obama signed the Pay Our Military Act late Monday, just hours before the shutdown, that keeps uniformed personnel on the job. The law was vague and brief, but said “the Secretary concerned determines [who provides] support to members of the Armed Forces.”

“The Department of Defense consulted closely with the Department of Justice, which expressed its view that the law does not permit a blanket recall of all civilians,” Hagel said. “However, DOD and DOJ attorneys concluded that the law does allow the Department of Defense to eliminate furloughs for employees whose responsibilities contribute to the morale, well-being, capabilities and readiness of service members.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.defenseone.com/management/2013/10/hagel-orders-most-400000-furloughed-civilian-employees-back-work/71384

 

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition training, acquisition workforce, budget, budget cuts, DoD, DOJ, furlough, government shutdown, morale, POMA, readiness, shutdown, supply chain

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