Shutdown affects 23% of federal workers

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-is-a-government-shutdown-and-why-are-we-likely-to-have-another-one/

The federal government shutdown fiasco affects 23 percent of the federal workforce, according to the:

• Congress Budget Office (CBO)

• Office of Mgt. & Budget (OMB)

The other 77% is earmarked as “essential” services.

A partial list of essential programs is:

• Congress

• Federal courts

• Social Security and Medicare benefits

• Military, federal law enforcement, border patrol

• US Postal Service

• Air traffic control

• US Passport Agency

• Veterans Administration

• Air Traffic Control

• TSA (Transportation Security Administration

Examples of agencies on shutdown are:

• National Parks

• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

• Education

• Commerce

• Labor

• Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

For real time information on the federal shutdown, please click on this link:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/#url=Shutdown-Furlough