The whole furlough thing is a PR stunt. Many employees will take their two furlough days  instead of normal leave days, then turn around and 'sell' two leave days back to make up for the lost wages. These are days they would have taken off normally (especially if they choose them) and used leave anyways. 

The line about saving $7 million is bogus. Basically all they're doing is forcing employees to take 2 days of leave per year, days most were going to take off already.