Government Shutdown
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The Office of Personnel Management has new guidance for federal employees after the longest government shutdown in history has ended.
January 28, 2019 -
The Department of Homeland Security issued a notice to contractors setting expectations about the timing of solicitations and other acquisition activities for after the shutdown ends.
January 28, 2019 -
In every shutdown, it seems like the national parks are the first to feel the effects. For more on what's happening, John Gardner at the National Parks Conservation Association joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 28, 2019 -
Contractors, like federal employees, are glad to see the government reopen but are suspicious of the fact that it's only a three-week continuing resolution.
January 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump hints that another government shutdown is likely after funding runs out again in three weeks.
January 28, 2019 -
During a shutdown, health insurance coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program continue for up to a year for workers in a nonpay status due to the shutdown.
January 28, 2019 -
Some agencies and payroll providers have also indicated when they'll begin to send out paychecks to federal employees with the longest government shutdown in U.S. history officially over.
January 25, 2019 -
With the partial government shutdown over, for now, the regulatory and process for agencies will soon regain momentum, but the Federal Register won't face an immediate flood of new items once the shutdown ends.
January 25, 2019 -
Both the House and Senate easily passed a three-week continuing resolution that would end the government shutdown and temporarily fund shuttered agencies through Feb. 15. The Office of Management and Budget has already urged agencies to begin preparing for an "orderly reopening" of government.
January 25, 2019 -
People in financial trouble can be cybersecurity risks. Take those 800,000 federal employees on furlough or working without pay. Aubrey Turner, from Optiv Security, joined Federal Drive to discuss those risks.
January 25, 2019 -
The IRS recalled more than half of its total workforce to work without pay and help issue tax refunds during the partial government shutdown, but some financially hard-pressed employees remain at home, due to a clause in their union's contract.
January 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates there were about $2.3 billion in government contracts that would have been issued to small firms over the past month, but weren't because of the government shutdown.
January 25, 2019 -
Shutdown's impact on contractors: It's not just the lack of new work that hurts. They're not being paid for work they've already done.
January 25, 2019 -
The Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), an IT firm that gets about 50 percent of its work from DoD, says its bills are starting to add up due to the partial government shutdown.
January 25, 2019 -
If the ongoing government "partial" shutdown has you confused, bewitched, bothered and bewildered welcome to Club FUBAR. As long as politicians who don’t have any skin in the game keep getting paid, shutdowns will continue.
January 25, 2019