government shutdown
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Where were you during the last government shutdown? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has tracked down some survivors who relive what, for some, was a nightmare while others recall it as the good old days.
February 24, 2011 -
The shutdown 15 years ago could provide insight for feds but no guarantees can be made.
February 23, 2011 -
Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief of Government Executive, says given the political climate in Congress now, a short-term shutdown over the weekend could play out.
February 23, 2011 -
Tom Trabucco, the Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, discusses the likelihood of feds taking out TSP funds in the event of a furlough.
February 23, 2011 -
The budget standoff continues in Washington, even while congress is on recess. Amy Morris, co-host of \"The Federal Drive\" and executive editor at Federal News Radio 1500 am answers questions on Fox5.
February 23, 2011 -
Erik Wasson, staff writer for The Hill, joins us with the latest in the budget back and forth.
February 23, 2011 -
The possibility of a government shutdown next month is very real. So what were the lessons learned in the last big shutdown 15 years ago? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is plenty of history, but a lot of it is being written by people who weren\'t in government, or who were maybe teenagers when it happened.
February 23, 2011 -
Although the White House is confident that a shutdown can be avoided, the government also has a contingency plan in case of a shutdown. These plans have been in place since 1980, says the White House press secretary.
February 22, 2011 -
Robert Tobias, director of Key Executive Leadership Programs at American University, says it\'s easy for federal managers to \"hunker down\" in the trenches while their budgets are under fire. But Tobias argues that now is the time to re-evaluate and improve how their employees deliver services to the public.
February 22, 2011 -
We learn what it\'s like to live through a shutdown from someone who was there last time: John Elliot.
February 21, 2011 -
Leaders of both parties say they are determined to avoid a shutdown. But they have not yielded on the amount of spending cuts they will demand or accept. Meanwhile, shutdown talk is rippling through Washington and beyond. We get the latest details from Politico\'s Laura McGann.
February 21, 2011 -
Budget behemoth passes House without proposed amendments to withhold funding for within-grade increases or for promotions of federal employees. The House version of the continuing resolution proposes cutting $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs. The Senate is expected to propose holding spending at current levels.
February 21, 2011 -
Mike Causey discusses the last shutdown and lessons learned in case it happens again.
February 18, 2011 -
A top aide to Nancy Pelosi told Democratic staffers that a shutdown is likely. The comments came after House Speaker John Boehner rejected any extension of the current spending levels.
February 18, 2011 -
Talk of a government shutdown is heating up as lawmakers veer further away from compromise. What do you think? Will there be a government shutdown? And, if there is a shutdown, will you work remotely?…
February 18, 2011