Government Executive: The threat of a government shutdown may be over for the time being, but a pair of lawsuits challenging the legality of agencies forcing federal employees to work without pay during a lapse in appropriations will proceed for now.
The National Treasury Employees Union, a group of five federal workers, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association all sued the federal government last month, accusing officials of violating the Anti-Deficiency Act and the U.S. Constitution. Since the end of the shutdown, the air traffic controllers’ union dropped its lawsuit.
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