Fort Meade workers getting furlough notices

By Matthew Hay Brown, The Baltimore Sun
 

More than 500 civilian workers at Fort Meade will receive furlough notices over the next week, base officials said Wednesday.

Supervisors and managers plan to hand deliver notices to more than 425 garrison employees by June 4. The notices describe plans for one furlough day per week from July 8 through Sept. 30. The Office of Personnel Management requires 30 days' notice before placing employees on temporary non-duty, non-pay status.

"We thought it important that supervisors and managers hand deliver the notices to ensure every employee received them and had a chance to ask questions," said John Moeller, deputy garrison commander at the Army base in Anne Arundel County. "The most important part about implementing the furloughs is to have open communication to ensure employees are fully informed of the policies, the regulations and the implementation."

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