Nationwide Shutdown Impacts Federal Operations and Services
The partial government shutdown furloughed about 800,000 workers and disrupted many agencies and services while essential operations like Social Security, Medicare, and national security functions continue. Parks closed, public tours suspended, air traffic controllers unpaid, trains operating, prisons staffed, USPS unaffected, and education funding mostly halted under stimulus authority.
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Federal Education Department
USPS
Federal shutdown trims two week pay for many civilians
The Office of Management and Budget notes Oct 11 pay reflects only the last week of September for most civilian workers, with exceptions. About 800000 federal workers were sent home unpaid, while 350000 Defense employees were recalled. back pay and unemployment issues loom for households amid ongoing funding impasse.
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OMB
Defense Department
Colleen Kelley
National Treasury Employees Union
Middle America
Kelley
Senate
U.S
Maryland
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pentagon
HS Inc
Nursing shortage could exceed one million by 2020
Rita Frantz of the University of Iowa College of Nursing notes projections by the Health Resources and Services Administration that nurse shortages will grow past one million by 2020. The Iowa Action Coalition aims to raise BSN trained nurses from 26 percent to 50 percent by 2020, boosting patient outcomes and expanding educator roles across Kirkwood Community College and local hospitals.
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Iowa
Rita Frantz
University of Iowa
College of Nursing
Kirkwood Community College
Eileen le
Minnesota
Upper Iowa University
Mount Mercy University
Kirkwood
Jimmy Reyes
Reyes
Institute of Medicine
Future of Nursing
Frantz and Reyes
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Kanade
Williamson
St. Luke’s Osborn
Cynthia Lewis
Mercy Medical Center
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