Government Shutdown
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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.
January 10, 2019 -
Hundreds of federal employees rallied in Washington, D.C. on Thursday in protest of the partial government shutdown. The prolonged shutdown is holding their next paychecks, due Jan. 11, "hostage," employees said.
January 10, 2019 -
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.
January 10, 2019 -
The shutdown has created a kaleidoscopic of open, sort-of-open and closed federal operations. As it spins, the effects spread wider and wider.
January 10, 2019 -
Associations and conference organizers say this partial government shutdown is different and is starting to impact their planning and execution of events, training and more.
January 10, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management on Wednesday clarified that agencies should restore previously-scheduled annual leave lost in 2018 due to the government shutdown.
January 10, 2019 -
WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what's in the shutdown impact index and what it shows.
January 10, 2019 -
As the federal partial shutdown drags on, much of the attention is on union employees and lower-paid people. But it's not easy for federal senior executives, either.
January 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill introduced by Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) would authorize congressional payroll administrators to dock pay for members of Congress for as long as a government shutdown continues.
January 10, 2019 -
If something bad happens it’s because his or her political opponent, or opposition party, allowed, encouraged or otherwise made the bad event inevitable.
January 10, 2019 -
White House tries to hold jittery GOP in line over wall, government shutdown
January 09, 2019 -
House Democrats in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia said they're reminding their colleagues during the government shutdown: most federal employees live outside the Washington metropolitan area.
January 09, 2019 -
Congress should eliminate the need for back pay by paying federal workers during a lapse of appropriations.
January 09, 2019 -
Federal government lapses in funding have become a regular occurrence. But only rarely have they lasted more than a weekend.
January 09, 2019 -
A furloughed federal employee going through their fifth shutdown over the last 30 years explains the deeper impact of the lapse in funding.
January 09, 2019