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The politicians, who are still getting paid, assured civil servants — those forced to stay home and those required to work — they will get back pay someday.
Mike Hettinger, the president and managing principal of the Hettinger Strategy Group, makes the case for why Congress should consider a 20-year-old bill from former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.).
Government shutdowns are the norm today, but it wasn't always that way. A 1980 interpretation of the Antideficiency Act changed the way both the executive and legislative branches handled lapses in appropriations, and they haven't looked back since.
Despite the shutdown's duration, Congress was able to get a promise from President Donald Trump to sign a bill guaranteeing federal employees would get paid once appropriations are restored.
Six federal IT experts offer their observations about what to watch for in 2019 and what organizations and people will have the biggest impacts.
In today's Federal Newscast, Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) wants to know why the National Parks Service reopened the Old Post Office Tower within the D.C. Trump Hotel during the government shutdown.
The House passed a bill Friday that would guarantee back pay to more than 800,000 federal employees who missed a paycheck Friday.
Washington procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo said the Small Business Administration has been directed by Congress to make some changes that have unintended consequences.
Following a couple of dizzy years of policy and legislation, just what is the state of federal information technology going into calendar 2019?
The Trump administration maneuvered unobligated funding and found a way to pay Coast Guard military members back in December. But the service doesn't have the funds now to cut Jan. 15 paychecks.
The IRS's decision to begin this year's tax filing season on time, and to start issuing tax refunds despite a partial government shutdown, appears legally sound, according to former government officials, but raises logistical questions from lawmakers and current agency employees.
New Hampshire CIO Denis Goulet recounted his state's unique governing environment, his invaluable advisory board, 2019 IT priorities and his future without his mom's political support.
Two bills were introduced this week in the House and Senate to combat chaos in federal employee lives triggered by the government shutdown, days away from becoming the longest in history.
The Army wants to keep its Medical Research and Materiel Command, despite a 2019 law taking it away.