EPA Furloughs Employees After Using Carryover Funds to Keep Them Working

Nearly half of IRS workforce furloughed amid government shutdown, leading to office closures across Western Pennsylvania  - Pittsburgh Union Progress

About half of the approximately 500 Internal Revenue Service employees in Western Pennsylvania have been furloughed and walk-in offices from Erie to Uniontown are shuttered because of the federal government shutdown, the union representing those employees said Thursday. The news comes as the IRS said on Wednesday it planned to furlough nearly half of its employees nationwide as the federal government remains unfunded. Elizabeth McPeak, first vic…

Government shutdown showdown stretches into second week: IRS workforce slashed in half

Taxpayers face longer wait times and service delays as agency suspends call centers and administrative functions House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., joins 'America Reports' to discuss the sixth failed vote to re-open the government and the fundamental issues being debated that are keeping it closed. Nearly half of the IRS workforce — nearly 34,000 employees — faces furloughs as the government shutdown enters its second week, with the agency …

EPA furloughs employees after using carryover funds to keep them working

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun sending furlough notices to its employees after keeping them on the job for the first nine days of the government shutdown. The EPA’s latest contingency plan calls for furloughing the vast majority of its workforce during a lapse in funding. But the agency, up until this point, tapped into carryover funds to keep nearly all of its employees working. Other agencies are also furloughing more of their s…

Over 200 Federal Workers In Western PA Furloughed As Government Shutdown Continues, Altoona Affected

Hundreds of federal workers in Western Pennsylvania are now furloughed as the government shutdown continues.  Representatives with the National Treasury Employees Union say about 250 of their members in the region were told not to report to work earlier this week.  The work stoppage means taxpayers will be unable to get in-person service from the IRS offices in Altoona, Johnstown, Cranberry, Monroeville, and Pittsburgh. In August it was already …

IRS Furloughs Nearly Half Its Staff Amid Federal Shutdown | Corp! Magazine

Among the thousands of federal employees who could be furloughed after the federal government shut down are about half of the people who work for the Internal Revenue Service. According to a contingency plan posted to ts website this week, the IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as the part of the ongoing […]