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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • I am a contractor for the federal government. When it shuts down, we stop work, and don’t get paid. There are 3 major contract companies that do the IT work for my agency. None of them do what you claim. General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and SAIC. There are over 2,500 of us that simply do not get paid until work begins again after the shutdown. I’m not sure where you got your information. I have personally been through 3 complete shutdowns in my tenure with 5 different contact companies over 10+ years.

    We only THIS YEAR implemented an option for critical services which do not require federal oversight to continue having support staff, but that’s only at a half capacity and not guaranteed.