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If there is a government shutdown, the U.S. military operations overseas and domestically will continue, but U.S. service members won't be paid during that time.
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA) is a United States federal law which requires retroactive pay and leave accrual for federal employees affected by the furlough as a result of the 2018–19 federal government shutdown and any future lapses in appropriations. [1]
The Consumer Product Safety Commission did not investigate or recall products that might cause injuries but do not pose an imminent danger to safety. [5] CPSC furloughed port inspectors who test to make sure that imported products meet safety standards, for instance verifying that children's toys do not contain excessive amounts of lead or that sleepwear meets flammability standards.
Until the shutdown ends, employees that are not required to work are furloughed, OPM said. Being furloughed means that employees are placed in a non-pay or a nonduty status, the government agency ...
During the 2018-2019 government shutdown, parks remained open but were largely unstaffed, which led to overflowing trash, damaged facilities and safety concerns. That shutdown started on Dec. 22 ...
A related funding gap occurred during the first 9 hours of Friday, February 9, 2018, EST. The funding gap was widely referred to in media reports as a second shutdown, although no workers were furloughed and government services were not disrupted because the funding gap occurred overnight and was resolved close to the beginning of the workday.
In 2013, during the Obama administration, Interior Department officials enforced a full closure similar to the plan now. That shutdown lasted 16 days. In the winter of 2018-19, the government shut ...
Units of the National Park System closed during the 2013 federal government shutdown. Shown here is the National Mall. While government shutdowns before 1995–1996 had very mild effects, a full federal government shutdown causes a large number of civilian federal employees to be furloughed. Such employees are forbidden even to check their e ...