Legislation Ensuring Coast Guard Paychecks During Government Shutdown Passes Committee
The Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019 (H.R. 367) was adopted as part of a manager’s amendment to the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019. Keep Reading
Coasties Weather Shutdown: Don’t Let It Rent Space in Your Head
While the unprecedented nature of the pay failure caught me by surprise, the resilient nature of our Coasties and their families met my expectations. Keep Reading
WATCH: CPOA President Describes Hill Lobbying Day to Get Coast Guard Paid
Ostrowski called for the politics over the shutdown to end immediately and for politicians to stop making the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal employees pay the prices for their inaction. Keep Reading
Members of Coast Guard Groups Storm Capitol Hill
A group of Coast Guard spouses and members of the Chief Petty Officers Association (CPOA), Coast Guard Enlisted Association, and Coast Guard Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Associations gathered at the Capitol to express just how cold it felt to be left behind. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: We Can Pay our Coast Guard Service Members Today. Here’s How.
As this shutdown continues to drag on, there are some things that just need to be said. Our government could pay our U.S. Coast Guard today. Despite the shut-down. Keep Reading
Spouses of Border Patrol Agents Organize Food Drive for Federal Workers
The Border Patrol Agent Family Network (BPAFN) is a non-profit organization made up of volunteer that help agents and their families if they ever find themselves in need. Keep Reading
‘Tens of Thousands’ of Government Contractors Laid Off Due to Shutdown
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
Work on Security Clearance Backlog Continues Through Shutdown
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
DHS Pauses Most Contracting Deadlines Until After Shutdown Ends
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
How the Shutdown Could Hurt Government’s IT Recruitment
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
