Defense Department Cuts Furlough Days to 14

Department of Defense employees will have one less week of furlough after the agency cut the number of furlough days for civilian workers from 22 to 14, the Washington Post reported Thursday. 

The furlough days would stretch from late June into September. Earlier, the DOD said furloughs would begin in April. 

The Post said that the decision to reduce furloughs came after the approval of the most recent budget, which allowed the DOD to move money into accounts to pay civilian workers. 

Active military service members are exempt from the furloughs, along with some civilian workers in critical areas. 

The furloughs are required due to a congressional mandate for known as the sequester. 

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