Pentagon Recalls 'Most' Furloughed Civilian Workers

The Department of Defense is ordering most of its furloughed civilian employees back to work, in a move announced just after midday Saturday. "Today, I am announcing that most DoD civilians placed on emergency furlough during the government shutdown will be asked to return to work beginning next week," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a statement. The recall would affect "Most of the some 400,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown," Reuters reports, citing a U.S. Defense official. In the days leading up to Monday's shutdown deadline, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told Pentagon employees that under a lapse in funding, "All military personnel would continue in a normal duty status; however, a large number of our civilian employees would be temporarily furloughed."

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/05/229550222/pentagon-recalls-most-civilian-workers-furloughed-by-shutdown?ft=1&f=1014