At that time, most federal departments and agencies began furloughing their employees in order to meet their respective spending cut targets.
He proposed a wide range of budget austerity measures, including employee furloughing, spending reductions, freezing state hiring, freezing state employee wages, and a host of administrative changes for state agencies.
In 2011 the school board approved curtailing the middle school foreign language program and furloughing six teachers as part of its budget process for 2011-12.
