Government Executive: As disruptions continue as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, talk of furloughs has started to arise at agencies that rely heavily on fees for funding, particularly at the Homeland Security Department.
Last week, officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that they will be sending employees reduction-in-force notices beginning Friday to warn them of administrative furloughs in July if Congress does not approve emergency funding. And union officials at Customs and Border Protection said they fear similar measures could be taken at that agency's Office of Field Operations, where roughly 8,000 CBP officers are funded by fees collected at ports of entry.
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