FURLOUGH—The placement of an employee in a temporary nonpay status and nonduty status (or absence from duty) because of lack of work or funds, or for other nondisciplinary reasons.
You know that ain’t true. They are getting paid vacations, which is what furloughs should be called. If one is being honest.
That might be a legitimate definition in the real world (private sector) but sager is right.
In the District of Corruption, during a “shutdown” they call it a furlough, they don’t go to “work” and then they get paid.
What else would you expect from union-thug bureaucRATs?