partial government shutdown
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The typical federal worker has been through at least four shutdowns. Another may happen as soon as this month, so we asked a long-time U.S. Postal Service worker in Florida and financial coach, to dig into his memory bank.
February 08, 2019 -
Imagine asking for a $100 grant or gift from a charity because you desperately need it to fill the tank with gas so you could get to a job where you were not getting paid?
February 07, 2019 -
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.
February 06, 2019 -
Bloomberg Editorial Director Loren Duggan shares what to expect from the State of the Union on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an internal email to staff at the National Park Service explained the effect the partial government shutdown had on the agency.
February 04, 2019 -
So can federal contractors get back any of what they lost in the shutdown? Consultant Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners has been watching this closely.
February 04, 2019 -
Either House Democrats will cave on the southern border wall, President Donald Trump has learned his lesson or he’ll call a national emergency to get it built.
February 04, 2019 -
Before the reopening of the government Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Heidi Burakiewicz, partner at Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, who represents many Bureau of Prison employees.
February 01, 2019 -
Ellen Dunagan, founder and president of Traverse Career Solutions, offers three suggestions for how furloughed federal employees can rethink their professional goals.
February 01, 2019 -
Public Technology Institute's Executive Director Alan Shark provides interesting perspective on government shutdown, local government IT priorities for 2019, a comparison with NASCIO's state priorities, and discloses merger with CompTIA.
January 31, 2019 -
Nearly 90 percent of excepted employees who took a recent Federal News Network survey about their experiences during the 35-day government shutdown said morale is worse off than before the lapse began.
January 30, 2019 -
The shutdown may or may not have soured people on the idea of federal service. But one agency is pushing ahead with a hiring fair Wednesday.
January 30, 2019 -
On a more cosmic level, the record-long 35 day shutdown raises lots of questions about the future of government service and civil servants. The issue is whether a lot of people quit or retire in disgust?
January 30, 2019 -
As Coast Guard members finally collect their back pay from the five-week shutdown the question is, how are they doing financially and emotionally?
January 29, 2019 -
For some possibilities on what could happen post shutdown, Firewall Editor-In-Chief David Hawkings joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 29, 2019