Sequestration/Hiring Freeze/Furlough

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Furlough FAQs/Q&As:

• Army FAQs:

  • 19 Apr 2013 - Addendum 2 to Army Administrative Furlough FAQs
    
    
  • 05 Apr 2013 - Addendum 1 to Army Administrative Furlough FAQs
    
    
  • 03 Apr 2013 - DA - Administrative Furlough Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (Updated)
    
    
  • 06 Feb 2013 - UPDATED Army Hiring Freeze FAQs
  
  

• DCPAS (DoD) FAQs:

  • DCPAS (DoD) Furlough Guidance website ( FAQs and more - regularly updated)
  
  

• OPM FAQs/Guidance:

  • OPM Guidance for Administrative Furloughs (OPM site regularly updated)
  
  

• Department of Labor FAQs

  • Department of Labor Office of Worker's Compensation Program FAQs on FECA and Furlough
    
    
  • Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) FAQs:
  
  
  

Furlough Memorandums & Guidance

• White House Order/Guidance:

  • White House - Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2014
    
    
  • 1 Mar 2013, Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2013 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balance Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended
  
  

• Office of Management & Budget (OMB) Memos/Guidance:

  • 4 Apr 2013 Ongoing Implementation of the Joint Committee Sequestration
    
    
  • 27 Feb 2013, Agency Responsibilities for Implementation of the Potential Joint Committee Sequestration
  
  
  

• DoD Memos/Guidance:

  • 14 May 2013 - Secretary of Defense - Furloughs (w/exceptions list & notes) posted 5/15/13
    
    
  • 05 Mar 2013 - DoD - Additional Guidance for Handling Budgetary Uncertainty in Fiscal Year 2013 (memo)
    
    
  • 21 Feb 2013 - Secretary of Defense - Total Force Management and Budgetary Uncertainty w/3 Enclosure (memo)
    
    
  • 20 Feb 2013 - Secretary of Defense - Letter to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memo)
    
    
  • 20 Feb 2013 - Secretary of Defense - Preparations for Potential Sequestration on March 1 and Furlough Notifications (memo)
    
    
  • 12 Feb 2013 - COS General Odierno: On Impacts of Sequestration And/Or A Full-Year Continuing Resolution On the Army (USA Senate Armed Services Committee Testimony)
    
    
  • 16 Jan 2013 - Department of Defense (DCPDS) - Priority Placement Program Procedures for Organizations under Civilian Hiring Freezes (memo w/Guidance)
    
    
  • 10 Jan 2013 - Deputy Secretary of Defense - Handling Budgetary Uncertainty in Fiscal Year 2013 (memo)
  
  

• Army Memos/Guidance:

  • 20 Mar 2013 - Department of the Army Administrative Furlough Planning with Appendices (Memo).
    
    
  • 04 Mar 2013 - Sequestration Message from the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Army and the Sergeant Major of the Army
    
    
  • 27 Feb 2013 - ASA (M&RA) - Policy Guidance and Clarification for Army-wide Hiring Freeze and Release of Terms and Temporary Civilian Personnel (clarification to 22 Jan 13 ASA (M&RA) (memo).
    
    
  • 22 Jan 2013 - ASA (M&RA) - Department of Army Hiring Freeze and Release of Terms and Temporary Civilian Personnel (memo)
    
    
  • 16 Jan 2013 - Fiscal Planning Guidance for Budgetary Uncertainty (Guidance document)
    
    
  • 16 Jan 2013 - ASA (FM&C) - Fiscal Planning Guidance for Budgetary Uncertainty (memo)
    
    
  • 16 Jan 2013 - DA - Department Risk Mitigation in the Face of Fiscal Uncertainty (memo)
  
  

Public Law:

• Congressional:

  • 05 Jan 2011 - Congress - Budget Control Act of 2011 Army Installations Information (includes CPAC, EAP, Chaplain, etc)
  
  

Fact Sheet:

• DCIPs Fact Sheet:
  
  
  • 20 Feb 2013 - DCIPS - Administrative Furloughs Under DCIPS Fact Sheet
  
  

• DCPAS Point Paper:
  
  
  • 03 Apr 2013 - DCPAS Point Paper - Overtime During the DoD Administrative Furlough
  
  
• Department of Defense Fact Sheet:
  
  
  • 16 May 2013 - DoD Employee Handbook - Administrative Furlough and Your Federal Benefits posted 5/17/13
  
  
• Unemployment Compensation Fact Sheet:
  
  
  • UCFE Fact Sheet:
  
  
• TSP Fact Sheet:
  
  
  • May 2013 - TSP Furlough Fact Sheet posted 5/17/13
    
    
  • 04 Mar 2013 - Sequestration and Your TSP Account (FAQs)

Points of Contact:

• Army Installations Information (includes CPAC, EAP, Chaplain, etc)
  
  
• ABC-C information

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