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2025 U.S. government shutdown

The 2025 US government shutdown, its effects on excepted employees, and the subsequent retroactive pay.

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Feb 2, 2026

Which federal job categories were designated excepted during the 2025 shutdown and how many employees worked without pay?

During the in appropriations, agencies designated “excepted” employees—those required to protect life, property, or national security—to keep working without pay, a group that independent estimates pu...

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