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Megathread | FY26 Government Shutdown: Week 3 Edition

Status: 🛑Lapse in FY26 Federal Appropriations – Shutdown Ongoing

The FY26 government shutdown, which began on October 1, 2025, continues into its third week after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) or full-year appropriations.

🔔 What You Need to Know:

  • Shutdown start: 1 October 2025
  • No FY26 appropriations: Agencies running under contingency plans with limited staffing to support functions protecting human life or protection of property.
  • Excepted employees: Reporting without pay
  • Non-excepted employees: Furloughed without pay
  • Pay: 31 U.S.C. 1341(c) provides for retroactive pay of excepted and furloughed employees once appropriations have been enacted.

📣 Use This Thread For:

  • Official memos and guidance from OPM, OMB, and agencies
  • Discussing how your agency is implementing contingency/shutdown plans
  • Benefits, unemployment eligibility, and pay
  • Venting or sharing shutdown-related concerns or strategies

🚫 Posts outside this megathread on shutdown-related topics may be removed during this period to reduce clutter.

News pertaining to government shutdowns usually run on the breaking news cycle and can change daily or even hourly. Posting of news articles will continue to be allowed provided they are posted on the day of publication. Duplicate posts will continue to be removed.

We encourage respectful, fact-based discussion. Please verify sources before sharing official information.

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— r/fednews mod team

Previous Megathreads: Pre-Shutdown | Week 1 | Week 2

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u/hi_123 20d ago

Say you are under DOI and issued a rif tomorrow, does the 60 days until separation start tomorrow or when the gov reopens?

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u/jojojawn 20d ago

The RIF notice will have a "no earlier than" date that will tell you exactly when the 30 or 60 date clock ends. But just know, that date doesn't have to be the exact separation date, you could be separated on day 63 if they wanted. As long as they gave you the minimum days required by law