The Pentagon is reducing the number of furlough days civilian employees must take, thanks to savings in other areas of its budget and permission it received from Congress to reprogram funds in its coffers. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel signed a memo Tuesday reducing the number of unpaid leave days for non-military personnel from 11 to six for fiscal year 2013, which ends Sept. 30. Roughly 650,000 workers have been subject to furloughs, which Hagel ordered in May following the start…
