Government Shutdown
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In today's Federal Newscast, agency leaders are being asked to provide a list of what programs will be effected if the current partial government shutdown goes into March and April.
January 24, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management has postponed the deadline for federal employees to contribute to the Combined Federal Campaign, giving furloughed and exempt workers an opportunity to donate to charities only after they've been paid following the shutdown.
January 24, 2019 -
So what’s it like inside the shutdown? One furloughed Federal Aviation Administration employee says it's like being in purgatory keeping busy while waiting for a paycheck.
January 24, 2019 -
By the end of January, the government shutdown may impact a group that's usually untouched from the severe impacts of a lapse in appropriations: Coast Guard military retirees.
January 23, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management has clarified how excepted employees can properly take paid leave during the government shutdown and weighed in on how all employees will be paid once the lapse in appropriations ends.
January 23, 2019 -
An FBI Agent advocacy organization warned in a report that the shutdown is causing financial insecurity among agents, which may endanger their security clearances. At least one lawmaker has expressed similar concerns.
January 23, 2019 -
Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions about how the lapse in funding is impacting you, your organization, your fellow employees and what will your biggest challenges be when the those agencies finally reopen.
January 23, 2019 -
To find out just how much loss that is, Bloomberg Government analyst Paul Murphy joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 23, 2019 -
Nearly everyone concerned with good government is thinking like the fictional Howard Beale, wanting to scream "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."
January 23, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Homeland Security Department says a series of incidents have tampered with agencies domain name systems (DNS) on their websites.
January 23, 2019 -
During the 30-plus of the latest, longest "partial" government shutdown there have been no major incidents, yet. But the clock is ticking and everybody knows it.
January 23, 2019 -
As the government shutdown continues past the 30-day mark, agencies are scrambling to respond to questions and unprecedented challenges they've never encountered before.
January 22, 2019 -
The Agriculture Department plans to reopen all Farm Service Agency offices for the duration of the partial government shutdown, on the same day a temporary plan to reopen select agency offices was set to expire.
January 22, 2019 -
Congress was supposed to be on recess this week but that's not happening as the government shutdown passes the one month mark.
January 22, 2019 -
The new law requires agencies to appoint a chief evaluation officer, whose job will involve asking key questions about the effectiveness of agency programs, and finding ways to measure their effectiveness.
January 22, 2019