Federal Government Policy and Business

Employee groups slam playing politics with feds' jobs

Federal Times: Short-term shutdowns still cause significant detriment to federal workers, according to leadership from federal employee organizations, who were critical of lawmakers’ decision to play politics with government operations.

“Even though the shutdown lasted just three days, it was long enough to cause a massive disruption to our government operations and widespread confusion for federal workers, federal agencies, and the public,” said American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr.

Compared with the country’s most recent shutdowns in 2013 and 1995, the 2018 shutdown was relatively short: three days compared to weeks. Its occurrence over a weekend also limited the number of work days impacted.

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