Public finance expert Linda Bilmes says the “arbitrariness” of who gets paid and who doesn’t during shutdowns exposes the “dysfunction” of the budget approval process.

The first government pay period to fall completely within the ongoing shutdown ran from Oct 5 to Oct. 18. The current pay period runs from Oct. 19 to Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Services Administration.

The offerings come as hundreds of thousands of federal employees face missed paychecks for the foreseeable future.

The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, guarantees back pay for employees furloughed or required to work unpaid during any “lapse in appropriations that begins on or after Dec. 22,” which marked the first day of the previous shutdown.

The Trump administration’s move to issue paychecks this week to some but not all federal law enforcement employees during the government shutdown is sowing division in the ranks and does little to resolve the harm being done to ongoing investigations,

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The American Federation of Government Employees is sharing a warning during the federal government shutdown.

Chautauqua County Government is showing its support for the United Way of Chautauqua County with employees throughout its many departments taking part in this year’s payroll pledge campaign. “Our county workforce serves this community every day,

Howard County is hosting a resource fair for federal employees and contractors affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at 9755 Patuxent Woods Drive in Columbia.