The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and
employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how
what's happening in Washington, D.C. could impact your
business.
"Snurlough." Today is day 28 of the
partial government shutdown. A bigger-than-expected snowstorm that
hit the D.C. region this past weekend led to a Monday in which the
federal government was both closed and (partially) shut
down—a "
Snurlough." As the Buzz has reported in the last
few weeks, there is no end in sight for the longest government
shutdown in history. Indeed, earlier this week, an effort to reopen
the government pursuant to a fast-track legislative process in the
U.S. House of Representatives failed to garner the necessary
votes.
