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It's more of a shutdown on non critical departments, and lots of times there are still skeleton crews for some of them. For example, the postal service is still
by jtokoph 9y ago
It's more of a shutdown on non critical departments, and lots of times there are still skeleton crews for some of them. For example, the postal service is still running.
Here is a decent article explaining what is still up and running: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/19/578985305/open-or-closed-heres-what-happens-in-a-partial-government-shutdown https://www.npr.org/2018/01/19/578985305/open-or-closed-here...
- toomanybeersies 9y agoThe USPS isn't a government department though, it's an independent agency, that generates its own funds separate from the federal budget.
- ryanmarsh 9y agoI had no idea the USPS was a GSE (Government Sponsored Entity) like Fannie Mae (which many believe is a government agency)
- dragonwriter 9y agoIt's a shutdown in almost all distribution of funds that consequently includes a prohibition on work by non-essential personnel; “department” in the federal government is a very large organization, and a much higher level of organization than the one at which the non-essential vs. essential distinction is made at.