Office of Management and Budget
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Federal statute instructs agencies use reductions-in-force (RIFs) if employees have been furloughed for 30 days or longer, but regulations don't apply to workers furloughed due to a government shutdown.
January 15, 2019 -
A federal district judge refused to compel the executive branch to find an immediate end to the government shutdown's impacts on excepted federal employees working without pay. The judge's decision maintains the status quo. Other lawsuits challenging the shutdown's legitimacy are still pending.
January 15, 2019 -
HUD, USDA CIOs talking IT modernization and cybersecurity among the most listened and read Ask the CIO interviews last year.
January 14, 2019 -
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.
January 14, 2019 -
GSA’s contractor database incident and USDA’s reorganization plans were among the most popular stories last year.
January 14, 2019 -
Six federal IT experts offer their observations about what to watch for in 2019 and what organizations and people will have the biggest impacts.
January 14, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) wants to know why the National Parks Service reopened the Old Post Office Tower within the D.C. Trump Hotel during the government shutdown.
January 14, 2019 -
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.
January 11, 2019 -
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.
January 10, 2019 -
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.
January 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a review by the Center for American Progress looks at how much money federal workers could lose during the partial government shutdown.
January 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal courts will be able to continue operating until Jan. 18 with their limited funds during the partial government shutdown.
January 08, 2019 -
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) write to the Treasury Department seeking answers for how the IRS will handle tax refund season.
January 07, 2019 -
Members in the House and Senate have reintroduced legislation that would guarantee back pay for excepted and furloughed federal employees during this and any government shutdown. The Senate version clarifies employees would receive pay as soon as agencies reopen, regardless of payroll schedules.
January 03, 2019 -
Non-federal members of the public can be hurt by a shutdown. In the meantime, elected officials continue to get paid on time. Mike Causey is back from vacation and wants to hear from people hit by the partial government shutdown.
January 03, 2019