Furloughed feds by agency
A breakdown of the number of employees to be furloughed at each agency in case of a partial government shutdown.
This story will be continually updated as information becomes available.
By Julia Ziegler and Jolie Lee
Federal News Radio
If the government shuts down, about 800,000 federal employees will be subject to furlough, the Office of Management and Budget said this week.
Here is a breakdown of the number of furloughed federal employees by agency, linking to the agency’s shutdown contingency plan. (More contingency plans available at the OMB website.)
| Agency | Employees subject to furlough | Total agency workforce | % subject to furlough in agency |
| Agriculture | 88,891 | 100,833 | 88% |
| Commerce | 30,018 | 46,761 | 64% |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission | 529 | 552 | 96% |
| Defense | All military personnel will continue in normal duty status. Number of civilians furloughed unclear but they will be in furlough status. | ||
| Education | 4,150 | 4,368 | 95% |
| Energy | 14,160 | 15,085 | 94% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 16,061 | 17,721 | 91% |
| Executive Office of the President | 1,346 | 1,781 | 76% |
| Federal Communications Commission | 1,751 | 1,788 | 98% |
| General Services Administration* | 11,298 | 12,697 | 89% |
| Government Accountability Office* | 2,970 | 3,000 | 99% |
| Health and Human Services | 47,693 | 76,348 | 62% |
| Homeland Security (Click for further breakdown by departments) |
33,138 | 189,362 | 17% |
| Housing and Urban Development | 8,854 | 9,700 | 91% |
| Interior | 46,484 | 54,777 | 85% |
| Justice | 23,318 | 117,579 | 20% | Labor | 13,212 | 16,116 | 82% |
| National Archives | 2,427 | 3,633 | 67% |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 162 | 170 | 95% |
| National Science Foundation | 1,970 | 2,000 | 99% |
| Office of Personnel Management | 724 | 6,514 | 11% |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | 3,631 | 3,969 | 92% |
| Small Business Administration | 2,076 | 3,249 | 64% |
| Social Security Administration | 20,846 | 68,028 | 31% |
| State | State tells Federal News Radio it is still working on compiling the total number of employees who would be furloughed. | ||
| Transportation* | 17,870 | 58,011 | 31% |
| Treasury | 1,291 | 1,999 | 65% |
| U.S.AID | 1,562 (in U.S.) | 2,011 (in U.S.) | 78% |
| Veterans Affairs | 8,354 | 312,628 | 3% |
*From National Journal
-Federal News Radio’s Vyomika Jairam contributed to this story.
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