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OMB Memo Links Shutdowns to RIF Threats
Shutdowns are never easy for federal employees. Normally, the drill is painful but familiar: furloughs stop your paycheck, then Congress eventually funds the government, and you re...
Federal Employee Shutdown Survival Guide
If funding lapses after September 30, both furloughed and excepted employees stop receiving pay. The 2019 Government Employee Fair Treatment Act guarantees back payā€”including overt...
Federal Employee Rights in a Government Shutdown
With just over a week until the September 30 funding deadline, federal employees are left in limbo. Unlike prior years, when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published eve...
Federal Shutdown Looms: What Federal Employees Need to Know
As September 30 approaches, the possibility of a government shutdown is once again hanging over the federal workforce. Congress is locked in a standoff: Republican leaders are push...
Federal Employees: Preparing for a Possible Government Shutdown
Congress has until October 1 to pass a short-term funding billā€”known as a continuing resolution (CR)ā€”to keep the government running. If passed, a CR typically extends funding into ...
How Federal Employees Can Prepare for a Government Shutdown
Step One: Know Your Status
The single most important action to take today is clarifying whether you are exempt, excepted, or furloughed. Exempt positions remain funded, excepted e...
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