A government shutdown means hundreds of thousands of non-essential federal workers aren't reporting to work. Or getting paid. Their last paycheck will be paid according to the regular payment schedule ...

Your cartoon of Oct. 28 on "non-essential workers" was amazingly deaf and offensive to federal workers — especially in a city where the government is a top employer. During a shutdown, some workers ...

The federal government has shut down So what? My second career was federal. The government shut down several times during my time with them. The effect? None to me, as I was considered an essential ...