Anonymous
11/12/2025 20:35
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
wow this makes it look like trump is re-opening the govt
Anonymous
11/12/2025 20:31
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The letters we got for furlough gives us 4 business hours. So if it’s signed at 11 PM, and our normal workday starts at 8 AM, we have until noon to arrive at work.
That’s not how it works. If they sign tonight, just go to work in the morning. The four hours is if he signs at 8 am
Agreed. Be at work on time tomorrow.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 20:24
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
The signing is scheduled for 9:45 p.m. Sorry.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 19:16
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:The letters we got for furlough gives us 4 business hours. So if it’s signed at 11 PM, and our normal workday starts at 8 AM, we have until noon to arrive at work.
That’s not how it works. If they sign tonight, just go to work in the morning. The four hours is if he signs at 8 am
Anonymous
11/12/2025 19:13
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:HHS sent out an email stating that staff “must report to their official duty station Thursday, Nov 13 if the bill is signed into law tonight or tomorrow morning.”
Did they send it to the government email addresses? Because that's what happened in another Department.
It is OK to check government email for purposes of seeing if the government has reopened. It is OK for the government to ask you to do that. That is not an issue.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 19:13
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As part of our orderly shutdown, my agency told us we were to report the business day after the lapse ended. If Trump signs a funding bill at 12:01 am on Thursday, the next business day would be Friday. However, I would report on Thursday.
If the business day has not begun yet on Thursday when Trump signs, wouldn’t Thursday be the first business day after the lapse ends?
No. The day the lapse ends is day zero. It doesn’t matter when it ends (ie, 12:01 am or 11:59pm); that entire calendar day is day zero. We’ve been told to report on day zero +1.
If we are measuring by business days though maybe we should consider actual business hours as well. So if the lapse ends at 10pm we have a full business day before we have to report.
lapse ended- 10pm - day 1
Full business day - day 2
Report beginning of business day - day 3
This isn’t how it works. I mean, I wish! But in 2013, Obama signed the bill to end the shutdown after midnight, and we were required to report to work that day. I remember getting my ‘back to work today’ text at 4:14 am.
I remember this too. I think the 2018/2019 shutdown ended in the middle of a work week as well.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 19:10
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A one percent pay raise to look forward to next year too (maybe)! It is truly a Great Time to be a Fed.
Will they be offering VERA next year??? I'm ready to get off this crazy train.
NP, and me too. While the shutdown has been hard for many, and I am not attempting to diminish the anguish, for me, it reinforced that I don't need half the stuff I buy and could live on far less.
I really hope they offer VERA to my group. I am 48 with 27 years of service. The Spring VERA was only offered to 30+ years.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 18:54
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:HHS sent out an email stating that staff “must report to their official duty station Thursday, Nov 13 if the bill is signed into law tonight or tomorrow morning.”
Haven’t received anything yet.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 18:14
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:HHS sent out an email stating that staff “must report to their official duty station Thursday, Nov 13 if the bill is signed into law tonight or tomorrow morning.”
Did they send it to the government email addresses? Because that's what happened in another Department.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 17:04
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As part of our orderly shutdown, my agency told us we were to report the business day after the lapse ended. If Trump signs a funding bill at 12:01 am on Thursday, the next business day would be Friday. However, I would report on Thursday.
If the business day has not begun yet on Thursday when Trump signs, wouldn’t Thursday be the first business day after the lapse ends?
No. The day the lapse ends is day zero. It doesn’t matter when it ends (ie, 12:01 am or 11:59pm); that entire calendar day is day zero. We’ve been told to report on day zero +1.
If we are measuring by business days though maybe we should consider actual business hours as well. So if the lapse ends at 10pm we have a full business day before we have to report.
lapse ended- 10pm - day 1
Full business day - day 2
Report beginning of business day - day 3
This isn’t how it works. I mean, I wish! But in 2013, Obama signed the bill to end the shutdown after midnight, and we were required to report to work that day. I remember getting my ‘back to work today’ text at 4:14 am.
I vaguely remember another very short shutdown - just a couple of hours - due to someone filibustering something. The president didn’t sign the cr until 10 am or something like that. There was a whole flurry of emails about when we had to come in and what to do with our
Timesheets for those extra 1-2 hours we weren’t supposed to be working that am.
My boss asked us to all hang out in the office and not touch our computers until the President signed.
So stupid. being required to “hang around” is working.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 17:03
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As part of our orderly shutdown, my agency told us we were to report the business day after the lapse ended. If Trump signs a funding bill at 12:01 am on Thursday, the next business day would be Friday. However, I would report on Thursday.
If the business day has not begun yet on Thursday when Trump signs, wouldn’t Thursday be the first business day after the lapse ends?
No. The day the lapse ends is day zero. It doesn’t matter when it ends (ie, 12:01 am or 11:59pm); that entire calendar day is day zero. We’ve been told to report on day zero +1.
If we are measuring by business days though maybe we should consider actual business hours as well. So if the lapse ends at 10pm we have a full business day before we have to report.
lapse ended- 10pm - day 1
Full business day - day 2
Report beginning of business day - day 3
This isn’t how it works. I mean, I wish! But in 2013, Obama signed the bill to end the shutdown after midnight, and we were required to report to work that day. I remember getting my ‘back to work today’ text at 4:14 am.
I vaguely remember another very short shutdown - just a couple of hours - due to someone filibustering something. The president didn’t sign the cr until 10 am or something like that. There was a whole flurry of emails about when we had to come in and what to do with our
Timesheets for those extra 1-2 hours we weren’t supposed to be working that am.
My boss asked us to all hang out in the office and not touch our computers until the President signed.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 16:47
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
HHS sent out an email stating that staff “must report to their official duty station Thursday, Nov 13 if the bill is signed into law tonight or tomorrow morning.”
Anonymous
11/12/2025 15:55
Subject: Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As part of our orderly shutdown, my agency told us we were to report the business day after the lapse ended. If Trump signs a funding bill at 12:01 am on Thursday, the next business day would be Friday. However, I would report on Thursday.
If the business day has not begun yet on Thursday when Trump signs, wouldn’t Thursday be the first business day after the lapse ends?
No. The day the lapse ends is day zero. It doesn’t matter when it ends (ie, 12:01 am or 11:59pm); that entire calendar day is day zero. We’ve been told to report on day zero +1.
If we are measuring by business days though maybe we should consider actual business hours as well. So if the lapse ends at 10pm we have a full business day before we have to report.
lapse ended- 10pm - day 1
Full business day - day 2
Report beginning of business day - day 3
This isn’t how it works. I mean, I wish! But in 2013, Obama signed the bill to end the shutdown after midnight, and we were required to report to work that day. I remember getting my ‘back to work today’ text at 4:14 am.
I vaguely remember another very short shutdown - just a couple of hours - due to someone filibustering something. The president didn’t sign the cr until 10 am or something like that. There was a whole flurry of emails about when we had to come in and what to do with our
Timesheets for those extra 1-2 hours we weren’t supposed to be working that am.
I had a subordinate come in early to complete his orderly shutdown and went home, as he was instructed to. I called him as he was pulling into his driveway and told him 1) the agency was now funded; and 2) he had to come back into the office or take leave. Hilarity ensued.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 15:13
Subject: Re:Reopen on Thursday or Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Will Adelita Grijalva To Get Sworn-In By Mike Johnson today?
Yes but PANIC SETS IN
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Todd Blanche, and others, plan on holding an EMERGENCY MEETING today on the Epstein Files as the discharge vote nears.
Rep. Boebert will reportedly be there.
It appears there is an all hands on deck effort to try to prevent a vote on the Epstein Files. [/quote
Very interesting
Anonymous
11/12/2025 14:29
Subject: Re:Reopen on Thursday or Friday
The a—holes have had 6 weeks to get their sh*t together and they couldn’t make the vote and the signing happen at a reasonable time of day? They are the worst.