4 federal agencies to shut Friday

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http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/23/news/economy/furlough-federal-agency-friday/index.html?hpt=hp_t3



Got a question about tax refunds, polluters or subsidized housing? Don't expect an answer this Friday.

That's because four federal government agencies will be closed on Friday, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Employees at all four agencies will be on furlough that day. They include nearly 115,000 workers -- or more than 5% of the 2 million-strong federal workforce -- who are being forced to spend Friday at home without pay. It was triggered by the sequester, or the March 1 federal spending cuts that shaved $85 billion from government agencies and programs through Sept. 30.

This time, workers from these four agencies may not get the kind of attention garnered by air traffic controllers when they were forced to take furloughs in April. It led to such a hue and cry that Congress intervened and dialed back the furloughs.

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1. They could have gotten attention

had they slowed refunds. Too late.

Sad that so many miss on Section 8 Housing.

[RebelOne]

2. They have slowed refunds.

I was listening to Herman Cain on the car radio, as there are no liberal talk radio shows here in the Atlanta area any more. A lady called in wanting to know why her refund was taking so long. She said she has been calling the IRS to see what the hold up was. She was told that it is because of the IRS investigations and they are backlogged because of the sequester.

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3. Big deal.