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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.
Are, as so many politicians believe, all, many or most federal workers Democrats? Maybe they are now, but in general, probably not.
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.
The partial government shutdown has ceased nearly all operations at the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Amid the partial government shutdown, one group sometimes gets overlooked. Political appointees must stay on the job.
It doesn't look promising today, but maybe divided government will somehow get the shutdown out of irons.
In today's Federal Newscast, incoming House leadership unveiled its new rules package without the rule which lets Congress reduce the number of employees an agency can have.
Non-federal members of the public can be hurt by a shutdown. In the meantime, elected officials continue to get paid on time. Mike Causey is back from vacation and wants to hear from people hit by the partial government shutdown.
No deal reached to end shutdown as President Trump and congressional leaders meet at the White House
The Office of Personnel Management has updated information for furloughed federal employees who want to file for unemployment benefits during this partial government shutdown.
House Democrats are sweeping into power on a campaign promise of improving government for ordinary Americans
The partial government shutdown is costing federal civilian contractors millions of dollars per day. Are they paying their employees?
A package of bills from House Democrats would reopen government, provide full-year funding for most federal agencies and give civilian employees a pay raise in 2019.
This year was a crazy one for members of the federal family, with many legislative threats to retirement plans as well as efforts to make it much easier to fire civil servants.