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Government shutdown
With a shutdown averted, federal agencies face budget constraints — and inefficiency
Oct 1, 2021
Because lawmakers couldn’t agree on a series of spending bills before Oct. 1, agencies keep running on last year’s budget.
Shutdown deadline looms over COVID-19 relief talks
Dec 18, 2020
Democrats and Republicans have hit a snag in their deal, disagreeing over a provision that aims to limit the Federal Reserve's lending powers.
Government shutdown, COVID talk await Congress
Sep 8, 2020
There are two big things Congress needs to get done this fall.
Reflecting on the longest government shutdown, one year on
Jan 23, 2020
How the longest shutdown in U.S. history changed the way one federal contractor thinks about work.
For government contractors, shutdown debt can linger
by
Rose Conlon
Nov 18, 2019
Lila Johnson is still paying back the money she borrowed last shutdown.
Government recruiting in the age of shutdowns
Nov 1, 2019
Federal workers started bailing out of government jobs last December, as the shutdown got underway; 22,000 quit in March.
How much do government shutdowns really cost?
Sep 27, 2019
Many indirect costs are not counted in official estimates.
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2 weeks after the shutdown ended, many federal employees still wait for pay
by
Erika Beras
Feb 8, 2019
The partial government shutdown ended two weeks ago, but thousands of workers still haven’t received their back pay. Restarting an organization as immense as the federal government after an extended shutdown takes time and can be fraught with unexpected delays. Federal payroll processing has been delayed by email backlogs, software glitches and an overwhelming number […]
After the shutdown, debt may linger for federal employees
by
Erika Beras
Feb 7, 2019
Missing two paychecks led many of them to take on debt to pay bills. Odds are they'll be paying it off for a while.
Federal workers owed back pay set to receive it this week
by
Renata Sago
Jan 29, 2019
Government agencies responsible for payroll worked over the weekend to start issuing missed paychecks.