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Shutdown's impact on contractors: It's not just the lack of new work that hurts. They're not being paid for work they've already done.
The Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), an IT firm that gets about 50 percent of its work from DoD, says its bills are starting to add up due to the partial government shutdown.
If the ongoing government "partial" shutdown has you confused, bewitched, bothered and bewildered welcome to Club FUBAR. As long as politicians who don’t have any skin in the game keep getting paid, shutdowns will continue.
The 2013 shutdown which lasted 16 days and cost the government an estimated $2.5 billion. With 34 days and counting this year's stalemate could meet that number.
An interim report from the Commission on Military, National and Public Service shows some reason to be optimistic about the future of federal service. Young Americans are interested in public service, but there are too many barriers to get involved, the commission said.
If the lawsuits over the 2018-2019 shutdown go the way of the last one, the money for damages should come faster than in 2013.
Regardless of views on the wall or immigration or border security, commentator Jeff Neal believes most Americans can agree on one thing: This shutdown is a shameful display of politics and utter disregard for people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.