Government Shutdown: What You Need To Know

[carlie]

This post is not being made for any political responses

so please don't go there.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/04/news/economy/shutdown_faq/?section=money_latest

Shutdown: What you need to know

[Veldrina]

Heya. Our office has been very tightlipped about the furlough, but the drips & drabs I;ve heard are that the public contact & 800 #s would remina open as they are considered "excepted" personnel. Checks will go out as usual, but no new claims will be generated/worked on. Anyone already receiving checks is ok. As far as i know this only concerns federal civilian employess so anyone in military should be fine & paid as usual. We were told to report to work Monday & that we aren't furloughed until theresd a piece of paper in our hands. Way i see it, the govt cant afford another black eye re the backlog at VA, & not processing cases would be a doozie, so i am pretty sure VA will be considere "excepted" (essential). But we will know by Friday.

[retiredat44]

'we're boned!' - Futurama (Bender, Fry, Leela,....etc..)

[JamesBreckenridge]

Long time no see.

Been too busy working the Nehmer project on the three new Agent Orange presumptives.

Supposedly, the VA has a few hundred million dollars that they haven't spent yet that was previously authorized, so there is, theoretically, some money to pay us. Whether that money is able to get from whatever pot it is in and into the payroll system though is anybody's guess.

Our bosses are telling us that they're going to try to get us to work through any shutdown, and that anyone who "processes claims" is an "excepted" worker, meaning we work and will EVENTUALLY be paid, unlike regular furloughed workers that may or may not be paid. But nothing is a done deal, nothing is official until we get one of the letters in our hands. They've printed multiple versions of letters to hand to us, depending on how this shakes out.

I would rather work and not be paid on time than not work and not be paid. I've got claims on my desk that I could be granting, I don't need to be locked out of my own building!

[shag]

Has anybody seen one of these yet? Supposedly it is being released to help vets through a government shutdown.

"Veterans Field Guide"