antideficiency act

• Federal judge will consider motion to dismiss NTEU’s shutdown lawsuit

  Federal district Judge Richard Leon acknowledged the potential for precedent with NTEU's lawsuit if he denies the motion to dismiss the case, which challenges the Antideficiency Act's legal interpretation that has set up recent government shutdowns.

  Government Shutdown

  February 22, 2019
• Source of financial help proposed for feds for potential shutdown

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take a loan while in non-pay status.

  Federal Newscast

  February 07, 2019
• Lawmakers ask for GAO review of Interior’s decisions during government shutdown

  A group of appropriators want the Government Accountability Office to review the Interior Department's decision to use fees to keep some national parks running during the 35-day government shutdown.

  Government Shutdown

  February 06, 2019
• NTEU challenges administration’s decision to recall employees during government shutdown

  The National Treasury Employees Union has added a third count to its lawsuit against the Trump administration and questioned the legality of the decision to recall some IRS employees during the government shutdown.

  Government Shutdown

  January 17, 2019
• Government shutdowns: Once ‘incomprehensible, inconceivable, unthinkable,’ now the norm

  Government shutdowns are the norm today, but it wasn't always that way. A 1980 interpretation of the Antideficiency Act changed the way both the executive and legislative branches handled lapses in appropriations, and they haven't looked back since.

  Government Shutdown

  January 14, 2019
• No budget maneuvers this time, as Coast Guard military is set to miss Jan. 15 paycheck

  The Trump administration maneuvered unobligated funding and found a way to pay Coast Guard military members back in December. But the service doesn't have the funds now to cut Jan. 15 paychecks.

  Government Shutdown

  January 11, 2019
• Can IRS pay tax refunds during shutdown? It depends who you ask

  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.

  Government Shutdown

  January 10, 2019
• Should Congress get paid during a shutdown? One member says no

  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.

  Federal Newscast

  January 10, 2019
• How stupid is a shutdown? Let us count the ways

  If there is a government shutdown — when people are sent home and ordered not to work — can a federal employee still go on vacation?

  Mike Causey

  December 16, 2015