Job Cuts Looming

Civilian employees in the Defense Department could receive notices of potential layoffs four days before the election if automatic military cuts aren't averted....

Civilian employees in the Defense Department could receive notices of potential layoffs four days before the election if automatic military cuts aren’t averted. The Associated Press reports, “Congress would be notified in mid-September and employees told of the possibility of job losses 60 days before the cuts. The Defense Department has about 800,000 civilian employees, heavily concentrated in the presidential battleground state of Virginia.”

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