government shutdown
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Who says working for Uncle Sam isn't exciting? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says feds have gone from hoping for a bonus "holiday" to wondering if they are going to be paid.
December 03, 2015 -
A pre-Christmas government shutdown could hurt Oklahoma, West Virginia and North Carolina more than Washington, D.C. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that's where feds really live, work and spend.
November 05, 2015 -
A new report from the Government Accountability Office looked at four agencies to see how their money management and use of unobligated balances helped offset the impacts of the government shutdown and sequestration.
November 03, 2015 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, do partisan D.C. parents really keep kids in line by threatening to send them to summer camps run by the NRA or the ACLU?
November 03, 2015 -
When it comes to running the government, what does Congress have in common with TV's Homer Simpson? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it rhymes with "D'oh!"
October 28, 2015 -
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wants to make one last budget deal before he leaves Congress at the end of the week. The two-year deal is expected to designate increases in defense spending as Overseas Contingency Operations funds, and would boost civilian agency spending as well, though not at the levels President Barack Obama requested.
October 26, 2015 -
Imagine if Washington-based politicians had run the first Christopher Columbus expedition. With the “New World” just over the horizon, a fast messenger ship arrives from Spain with startling news — the government has been shut down. The Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria are ordered to drop anchor. And do nothing.
October 13, 2015 -
Congress passed a 10-week temporary funding bill on Wednesday to keep open the government. The House voted 277-151 on the measure. It now heads to the White House for the president's signature.
September 30, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management released updated furlough guidance. The update includes 15 new additions and revisions for agencies and federal employees and what to do in case of a government shutdown.
September 30, 2015 -
A stopgap measure to avert a federal shutdown is set for a vote hours before a fiscal deadline would force the government to start the new year with closed doors.
September 29, 2015 -
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Rob Wittman (R-VA) introduced the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, which would secure retroactive pay for all federal employees during a government shutdown, regardless of furlough status.
September 29, 2015 -
Kathryn Medina, chief talent officer at APCO Worldwide and former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, and Jeri Buchholz, strategic business development advisor for FMP Consulting and former chief human capital officer at NASA, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
September 29, 2015 -
It turns out that not having a shutdown, which some said was an indicator of the end of democracy, is worse than having one. At least for some people.
September 29, 2015 -
The Senate has voted in support of a bill that would keep the government open until Dec. 11. The continuing resolution would hold funding at 2015 levels and includes money for Planned Parenthood.
September 28, 2015 -
If the 2013 government shutdown taught us anything, it's that the impact was felt way beyond federal agencies and their employees, says former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal.
September 28, 2015