Customs and Border Protection, an agency that initially warned of one of the higher numbers of potential furlough days, 14, has announced it won’t need any this fiscal year. Like other agencies that had raised such warnings and then canceled them, CBP attributed the change in course to cost saving steps including a general hiring freeze and cutbacks in conferences, travel, bonuses and overtime — although the overtime cutback won’t be as severe as originally anticipated — and a reprogramming of funds. However, as with the others, CBP is not ruling out furloughs should sequestration continue in the budget year starting October 1. Meanwhile, in an illustration of what some consider the randomness of furlough outcomes, the Defense Department has said that when it begins furloughs the week of July 8, it will be able to keep overseas commissaries open because they are sufficiently staffed with foreign nationals, who are exempt from furloughs. However, commissaries in the U.S. are set to be closed each Monday because they are staffed with federal employees, who are subject to furloughs. Commissaries normally closed on Mondays will be closed on the next regular day of operation.