Official November Shutdown Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the last thread I said the shut down wasn't happening and was tasked how do I know and that I have my head in the sand. Lmao I WAS 100% right and I want my 🍪 now!!!

Told you all! But you didn't listen.

Here's your cookie, from a poster on that other thread who was absolutely certain there would be a shutdown!
It's well-earned, PP.

Thank you!!!? 😁

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a dysfunctional country.

Republicans are unfit to govern, they can't even run the lower chamber and their last president tried to overthrow the government. Shame!

That's not what happened but I know you think that's what happened and that's all that matters but you're lying to yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a good time to remind everyone to submit approval requests for outside employment! I sent mine in four weeks ago and haven’t heard about it yet. Anyone else?

How does one do this?

Each agency has its own process, but they’re probably all very similar. There’ll be a form that you submit to your ethics lawyers who look to see if you’re violating law/policy (basically, if you’d be getting paid to do the kinds of things the government is paying you to do). You need to have a job lined up first though, so that the form is specific. Also, there are some jobs you have to get prior approval for and some you don’t.

[Anonymous]

Would you say a shutdown in November is 50 50?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a dysfunctional country.

Republicans are unfit to govern, they can't even run the lower chamber and their last president tried to overthrow the government. Shame!

That's not what happened but I know you think that's what happened and that's all that matters but you're lying to yourself.

Well we can all agree someone's lying to themself (unless the pronoun police are going to get mad at me)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you say a shutdown in November is 50 50?

Who knows. I thought for sure the government would shut down last weekend and it didn’t. So anything can happen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you say a shutdown in November is 50 50?

Who knows. I thought for sure the government would shut down last weekend and it didn’t. So anything can happen

I'd say it's greater than 50/50 at this point. They don't even have a Speaker.

[Anonymous]

Nope. A shutdown is not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you say a shutdown in November is 50 50?

With the removal of a speaker, we’re in uncharted waters. No one knows what comes next. I’m not even sure how the GOP gets a new speaker at this point…

[Anonymous]

I already know I am an exempt employee and would have to work during a shutdown. The issue is, I already have approved leave the week of Thanksgiving. If the government shut down, does that mean my leave is canceled? I’ve already got flights and hotel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you say a shutdown in November is 50 50?

It's way too far out to make any kind of reasonable prediction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I already know I am an exempt employee and would have to work during a shutdown. The issue is, I already have approved leave the week of Thanksgiving. If the government shut down, does that mean my leave is canceled? I’ve already got flights and hotel.

Technically yes but I think there are ways around it.

[Anonymous]

The shutdowns was likely avoided last week due to a sheer miscalculation on the ex-Speaker's part. K-Mac gambled that Dems would not take no for an answer for Ukraine support and vote no. That way, he would have the Dems to blame. To his surprise, they took the pragmatic path. I don't think any such options will emerge this time. I am leaning 80-20 towards a shutdown. I am a Fed and I think it is terrible. Not just for the work pileup but it completely screws up our spending plans and leads to a mad scramble when full year approps are released. The trouble with these kind of uncertain year over year approps for science funding is terrible -- science is a multi-year process and this uncertainty is terrible for planning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I already know I am an exempt employee and would have to work during a shutdown. The issue is, I already have approved leave the week of Thanksgiving. If the government shut down, does that mean my leave is canceled? I’ve already got flights and hotel.

Unless your leadership is really unreasonable, this is usually handled by furloughing you for the time you'll be out. If needed, someone else can be designated excepted. So your leave is canceled om the books, yes, but your vacation can in theory still happen.
But you will have to talk to your agency about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I already know I am an exempt employee and would have to work during a shutdown. The issue is, I already have approved leave the week of Thanksgiving. If the government shut down, does that mean my leave is canceled? I’ve already got flights and hotel.

Unless your leadership is really unreasonable, this is usually handled by furloughing you for the time you'll be out. If needed, someone else can be designated excepted. So your leave is canceled om the books, yes, but your vacation can in theory still happen.
But you will have to talk to your agency about it.

If you are exempt it means you have other funding so your leave should stay the same. If you are excepted, then your leave is cancelled and hopefully your management will furlough you to be reasonable.