Even with these extraordinary measures in place, many employees at national security and law enforcement agencies will ...

"Even though those carve outs might limit application to specific activities the firms do, it may not completely cover all the activities," said Diz Locaria.

Current and former FEMA employees rallied on Friday to continue pushing back on staffing cuts and other “dangerous” changes at the agency.

In a recent survey, 49% of respondents said if federal employee firings proceed during the shutdown, they would be concerned about effects on their communities.

"I think you will see ... more settlements in the taxpayers' favor than might otherwise be the case if the IRS was fully ...

AEP Transmission will upgrade power lines in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia to enhance enhance grid ...

"We've had a lot of success, but we're now having backsliding, and there's a lot of work to be done," said Dr. David Goff.

The offerings come as hundreds of thousands of federal employees face missed paychecks for the foreseeable future.

The repetition of votes on the funding bill has become a daily drumbeat in Congress, underscoring how intractable the situation has become.

The Trump administration is not using these extraordinary measures to keep other excepted federal employees from missing a paycheck.

Some federal contractors are initiating cost cutting as the partial government shutdown is starting to impact their bottom line.

"We need a system that is more robust that would allow the oversight agencies to initiate things on their own," said Omar Noureldin.