
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 14, 1995                   TAG: 9511150006
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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FEDERAL FURLOUGHS

Here are estimates by the Office of Management and Budget of how many civilian employees would be furloughed today if the government's discretionary spending authority expired at midnight Monday.

Agency Number furloughed % of civilian staff

Agriculture 0 0

Commerce 25,100 66.5 pct.

Defense 258,000 31 pct.

Education 4,400 89 pct.

Energy 0 0

Health & Human Services 34,600 58 pct.

Housing & Urban Development 11,800 99 pct.

Interior 57,000 72 pct.

Justice 27,000 27 pct.

Labor 13,200 75 pct.

State (within U.S.) 6,300 81 pct.

State (abroad) 1,700 9 pct.

Transportation 18,000 19 pct.

Treasury 124,500 83 pct.

Veterans Affairs 36,400 15 pct.

EPA 17,700 96 pct.

General Services 13,300 79 pct.

NASA 19,800 93 pct.

Office of Personnel Mgt. 2,100 47 pct.

Small Business Admin. 3,000 59 pct.

Social Security Admin. 61,400 93 pct.

National Archives 2,400 99 pct.

White House core staff 357 89 pct.

White House agencies 1,000 82 pct.

Other* 61,000 42 pct.

Total estimate 800,000 42 pct.

There are no furloughs at the Agriculture Department (its FY1996 appropriation bill became law) or the Energy Department (its payroll was prefunded through December).

* Other includes many small, independent or intelligence agencies, the D.C. government, the courts and Congress.

by CNB