partial government shutdown
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The IRS processed "several million" tax returns on Monday in the opening hours of the tax filing season, but the effects of a 35-day partial government shutdown that ended Friday still leaves open questions about the agency's readiness.
January 29, 2019 -
If you don’t like financial surprises you are probably going to hate the catch-up paycheck coming your way. The money you get for shutdown-delayed wages may not be nearly as much as you expected.
January 29, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management has new guidance for federal employees after the longest government shutdown in history has ended.
January 28, 2019 -
In every shutdown, it seems like the national parks are the first to feel the effects. For more on what's happening, John Gardner at the National Parks Conservation Association joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 28, 2019 -
Contractors, like federal employees, are glad to see the government reopen but are suspicious of the fact that it's only a three-week continuing resolution.
January 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump hints that another government shutdown is likely after funding runs out again in three weeks.
January 28, 2019 -
Some agencies and payroll providers have also indicated when they'll begin to send out paychecks to federal employees with the longest government shutdown in U.S. history officially over.
January 25, 2019 -
Both the House and Senate easily passed a three-week continuing resolution that would end the government shutdown and temporarily fund shuttered agencies through Feb. 15. The Office of Management and Budget has already urged agencies to begin preparing for an "orderly reopening" of government.
January 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates there were about $2.3 billion in government contracts that would have been issued to small firms over the past month, but weren't because of the government shutdown.
January 25, 2019 -
The Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), an IT firm that gets about 50 percent of its work from DoD, says its bills are starting to add up due to the partial government shutdown.
January 25, 2019 -
If the ongoing government "partial" shutdown has you confused, bewitched, bothered and bewildered welcome to Club FUBAR. As long as politicians who don’t have any skin in the game keep getting paid, shutdowns will continue.
January 25, 2019 -
The 2013 shutdown which lasted 16 days and cost the government an estimated $2.5 billion. With 34 days and counting this year's stalemate could meet that number.
January 24, 2019 -
If the lawsuits over the 2018-2019 shutdown go the way of the last one, the money for damages should come faster than in 2013.
January 24, 2019 -
Regardless of views on the wall or immigration or border security, commentator Jeff Neal believes most Americans can agree on one thing: This shutdown is a shameful display of politics and utter disregard for people.
January 24, 2019 -
For some answers regarding protests and the partial government shutdown, procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 24, 2019