Kellie Lunney writes USA Today analyzed previous shutdown contingency plans and found that large agencies exempted a sizeable number of employees performing “essential” duties from the unpaid leave.
Social Security benefits, mail delivery, veteransâ benefits, customs and border security functions would continue in the event of a shutdown, Lunney reports.
Active duty soldiers and nearly 1.3 million civilian workers are not subject to shutdown furloughs, according to the report
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday asked the Pentagon workforce to prepare for a possible shutdown if Congress fails to reach a budget compromise before Oct. 1.
Good! They’ve been on the books to long with a majority of them not being able to be fired and contractors an eighth of their size doing all the work.