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The IRS processed "several million" tax returns on Monday in the opening hours of the tax filing season, but the effects of a 35-day partial government shutdown that ended Friday still leaves open questions about the agency's readiness.
If you don’t like financial surprises you are probably going to hate the catch-up paycheck coming your way. The money you get for shutdown-delayed wages may not be nearly as much as you expected.
Are shutdowns miserable and unfair? Absolutely. Should federal workers be treated the way they were? No way. Is the government a terrible employer? No.
With government temporarily reopened, Trump says he doubts negotiators will strike a budget deal that he'd accept
The Office of Personnel Management has new guidance for federal employees after the longest government shutdown in history has ended.
If the government hopes to modernize its information technology, it will need good systems engineers.
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.
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.
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump hints that another government shutdown is likely after funding runs out again in three weeks.
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.
Military spouses can now use their service member's residency when filing state taxes.
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.
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.
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.