(CNN) The US Coast Guard took down a tip sheet suggesting thousands of furloughed employees supplement their income by having garage sales, baby-sitting and becoming a "mystery shopper."

The Washington Post reported that the tip sheet, titled "Managing Your Finances During a Furlough," was posted on the website of the Coast Guard employee support program called CG SUPRT. According to the Post, after the newspaper inquired about the tip sheet the Coast Guard took down the document late Wednesday morning.

Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Scott McBride confirmed the page had been taken down.

"The information in this document does not reflect the Coast Guard's current efforts to support its workforce during the lapse," he told CNN in a statement. "As such, it has been removed from the CG Support website."

According to the Post, the five-page tip sheet encouraged furloughed employees to "be creative" and offered ideas for supplementing income like "have a garage sale - clean out your attic, basement and closets at the same time," and "turn your hobby into income."

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