As unemployment filings among furloughed federal employees doubled last week across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., the effects on government contractors are beginning to take shape. Keep Reading
The Office of Personnel Management—the government’s human resources department—is closed as part of the partial government shutdown but the bureau charged with issuing security clearances and whittling down the 600,000-plus background investigations backlog remains open for business. Keep Reading
The Homeland Security Department’s top procurement official issued a special notice extending due dates for all unamended acquisition deadlines after Dec. 22, the day the department ran out of funding and shut down. Keep Reading
The current shutdown is expected to exacerbate the brain drain facing the government as the IT workforce grows older and agencies struggle to bring on the next generation of tech talent, according to federal tech experts. Keep Reading
This is not sustainable. I will have to make tough decisions about how long we can afford to continue paying employees whose work is stopped. Keep Reading
Major veterans service organizations called on Congress and the White House on Tuesday to end the partial government shutdown over funding for the border wall that has resulted in about 125,000 veterans going without pay. Keep Reading
In an email to the USCG troops, Commandant Schultz outlined efforts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to get payback on track and offers resources through the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance and the American Red Cross from a $15 million donation from USAA. “To the Men and Women of the United States Coast Guard, … Keep Reading
The Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association has issued some clarification for people wanting to donate assistance to USCG personnel. There are strict limitations and extreme ethics rules around “gifts” to federal employees. Keep Reading
A majority must work during the government shutdown, as 54,935 employees of its 60,109 workforce are designated as exempt. Keep Reading
Other military branches are spared from the pain since the National Defense Authorization Act already passed. Keep Reading
