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The shutdown has created a kaleidoscopic of open, sort-of-open and closed federal operations. As it spins, the effects spread wider and wider.
January 10, 2019 -
WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what's in the shutdown impact index and what it shows.
January 10, 2019 -
As the federal partial shutdown drags on, much of the attention is on union employees and lower-paid people. But it's not easy for federal senior executives, either.
January 10, 2019 -
If something bad happens it’s because his or her political opponent, or opposition party, allowed, encouraged or otherwise made the bad event inevitable.
January 10, 2019 -
A furloughed federal employee going through their fifth shutdown over the last 30 years explains the deeper impact of the lapse in funding.
January 09, 2019 -
Regardless of age, experience, grade, location or job federal workers today fall into one of two categories, neither of which is good.
January 09, 2019 -
With a partial government shutdown now entering its third week nearly 400,000 furloughed federal employees remain unsure how to fill their vacant days, but are finding ways to stay busy.
January 08, 2019 -
Federal employees, contractors, spouses and lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated by the delayed pay and lost work, with many airing their grievances on social media.
January 08, 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 -
Hundreds of government scientists are missing three major scientific conferences this week because of the partial government shutdown
January 06, 2019 -
Contractors join federal employees and their families as the so-called collateral damage in the latest political game of chicken.
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 -
Amid the partial government shutdown, one group sometimes gets overlooked. Political appointees must stay on the job.
January 03, 2019