Government Shutdown
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Should you be worried about a shutdown that lasts all of 2019, and perhaps even into 2020?
January 07, 2019 -
New legislation from several senators would grant back pay to low-wage federal contractors during the partial government shutdown.
January 07, 2019 -
Small business owners are increasingly feeling the impact of the partial government shutdown that's in its 17th day.
January 07, 2019 -
For some federal contractors, the prolonged shutdown has turned them from doubt and uncertainty to real losses.
January 07, 2019 -
Among those stuck at home are people who were about to retire or had already filed their retirement papers. Federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan had some answers on the potential delay for benefits.
January 07, 2019 -
Most of the millions of federal contractors won’t get paid for time lost to the shutdown, but why should you sweat it? They're the ones who decided to work on federal projects.
January 07, 2019 -
Trump stands by demands for funding for a border wall as another round of shutdown talks fail to break impasse
January 06, 2019 -
Hundreds of government scientists are missing three major scientific conferences this week because of the partial government shutdown
January 06, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management has told agencies not to give political appointees a $8,000-to-10,000 pay raise originally set to go into effect Saturday. But a prior executive order provided the raise unless Congress acts, which it has not.
January 04, 2019 -
Contractors join federal employees and their families as the so-called collateral damage in the latest political game of chicken.
January 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an alliance of 30 federal employee organizations are urging the president to end the partial government shutdown.
January 04, 2019 -
The EPA exempted more than 98 percent of its workforce for a partial government shutdown. But due to a funding lapse the agency closed most of its operations in late December.
January 04, 2019 -
Are, as so many politicians believe, all, many or most federal workers Democrats? Maybe they are now, but in general, probably not.
January 04, 2019 -
Members in the House and Senate have reintroduced legislation that would guarantee back pay for excepted and furloughed federal employees during this and any government shutdown. The Senate version clarifies employees would receive pay as soon as agencies reopen, regardless of payroll schedules.
January 03, 2019 -
The partial government shutdown has ceased nearly all operations at the Merit Systems Protection Board.
January 03, 2019