Virtually all employees in the Fort Gordon Garrison and Army Signal Center of Excellence returned to work Monday after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced he would recall many of the 400,000 civilians furloughed during the government shutdown.
Fort Gordon spokesman J.C. Mathews could not say exactly how many of the 490 employees in the two offices were restored to full pay because the process “is still playing out and there may be situations that arise” in the future.
He said, however, that all the Army post services provided by the garrison are back up and running, except for the commissary, which will reopen on its normal schedule today.
Though Mathews said Fort Gordon leaders applauded Hagel’s efforts, he said the base would be very happy when its entire furloughed workforce is back on the job – “training service members and providing our military community the support it needs.”
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