I manually scanned the speakers list[1] looking for US federal officials, including both political appointees and civil servants (and employees of the national

I manually scanned the speakers list[1] looking for US federal officials, including both political appointees and civil servants (and employees of the national laboratories, who aren't technically federal employees). I don't know if the list has been changed to omit the speakers who can't attend, but there are a few listed speakers who don't have any sessions listed in their bio pages. Here's a list of them: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wmuy9K_xvVQLum0Orq1xmOs9s9z5XIXbup5MqKDcAW8/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wmuy9K_xvVQLum0Orq1x... If I missed anyone or made any mistakes, please comment and I'll update my sheet. The furlough status of any individual position within the federal government is a very complicated beast, so take my assertions of furlough status with a grain of salt. Also remember that aside from the speaker and their support staff, there are probably dozens of government personnel attending simply as attendees. If furloughed, those people can't attend and the federal government might not even be able to get refunds for registration fees. In general, conferences represent an opportunity for US government personnel, including practitioners, regulators, and senior leaders, to interact with the communities and industries they oversee. Nobody is helped by barriers to these interactions, such as the furlough. They don't help the government modernize and they don't help the government craft effective regulation. [1]: https://www.ces.tech/Conference/Speaker-Directory.aspx https://www.ces.tech/Conference/Speaker-Directory.aspx