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Government Shutdown Employee Classification

The classification of employees during a government shutdown into excepted and exempt categories based on the Antideficiency Act and OMB/OPM guidance.

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Jan 31, 2026
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Which federal employees are classified as "excepted" and must work during a government shutdown?

During a , agencies sort employees into two legal buckets: “excepted” employees who must continue working because their duties protect life or property or are necessary to the orderly suspension of op...

Feb 2, 2026

What is the OPM definition of an excepted position during a shutdown?

An “-employee-classification">excepted” position, as frames it in shutdown guidance, is a job funded by annual appropriations whose duties are nonetheless allowed to continue during a lapse because th...