<p>Since this is a college forum, will the Service Academies hold classes tomorrow?</p>
<p>I’m just glad that my company got a key approval from the FDA last week instead of hoping for it this week.</p>
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<p>I don’t know but I’d be shocked if they didn’t hold classes. This is not the type setback that the military will will let stand in its way of fulfilling its mission. I think the only way classes would be canceled would be if they were directly ordered to.</p>
<p>jonri, if air traffic is slowed down, it won’t be for long. Remember that air-traffic control was almost immediately exempted from the sequester, because lawmakers were personally affected. It’ll be the same with this, I bet.</p>
<p>ETA – The google doodle today is Yosemite.</p>
<p>About service academies during the shutdown–simplified answer is that military faculty will continue to teach; civilian faculty will not. Details here:</p>
<p>[U.S</a>. Service Academies Prepare For Government Shutdown](<a href=“http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/us-service-academies-prepare-for-government-shutdown]U.S”>U.S. Service Academies Prepare For Government Shutdown)</p>
<p>Congrats, coureur.</p>
<p>My work is largely unaffected for now, since the USPTO says that it is mostly relies on its fees and has funding reserves to keep working through the first weeks of the shutdown. Additionally, there are provisions allowing inventors to submit the correspondence past the deadlines in cases when the Office is closed due to something like this mess. </p>
<p>[Patent</a> and Trademark Office would remain open during shutdown - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/09/27/patent-and-trademark-office-would-remain-open-during-shutdown/]Patent”>http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/09/27/patent-and-trademark-office-would-remain-open-during-shutdown/)</p>
<p>However, any closure now will have a snowballing effect in the future.</p>
<p>I just heard that the passport agencies will be open (duh - just look at the fees they generate!), and the USPS will deliver mail as usual.</p>
<p>I think my S is considered essential and will be working, but haven’t heard from him and will try to touch base. We were told to call SS/Medicare tomorrow to straighten out an unpaid bill of H’s. it’s like ping pong for him–neither insurer nor Medicare can figure out who is primary or covers him, so both just deny and make us call to follow up. It’s getting tiring but H is supposed to officially be on Medicare B from 9/1.</p>
<p>I’m suspecting no one will answer at SS/Medicare, so will start our ohone game with insurer.</p>
<p>As far as flying - airline safety inspectors are furloughed. </p>
<p>[Union:</a> FAA Furloughs Airline Safety Inspectors - ABC News](<a href=“http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/union-faa-furloughs-airline-safety-inspectors-20427311]Union:”>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/union-faa-furloughs-airline-safety-inspectors-20427311)</p>
<p>I’m wondering if it will affect direct student loans processing. I should probably call my grad school’s financial aid office today to find out.</p>
<p>I am unclear on how the shutdown will affect services that are funded locally for the most part, but also depend on some federal dollars.</p>
<p>My daughter is a Peace Corps trainee and, when I talked to her on Sunday, she had no idea there might be a shutdown. She hasn’t been in contact since and I don’t know how this affects her and hundreds of other PC volunteers and trainees. Will they all be sent home?</p>
<p>Not this time. Last time they shut down, we were turned away at a national park.</p>
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<p>I read that in the last shutdown, VA nurses were in this situation as well.</p>
<p>Appaloosa…hopefully all will be well. If there isn’t money to “pay” for PC, there certainly won’t be the funds to send everyone home!</p>
<p>Will I get my $151 social security on October 5?</p>
<p>My recollection from past shut downs is that fed workers will be paid retroactively as part of the budget package when it is approved.</p>
<p>Yes, in previous shutdowns, federal workers got paid retroactively. Unfortunately for them, their bills aren’t due retroactively.</p>
<p>Ugh, I just remembered that we are waiting for payment for engineering services we provided for a project at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.</p>
<p>[Absolutely</a> everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-government-shutdown-will-work/]Absolutely”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-government-shutdown-will-work/)</p>
<p>Ironically, the Google Doodle today celebrates the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite - which you now won’t be able to visit today! [url=<a href=“http://www.google.com%5DGoogle%5B/url”>http://www.google.com]Google[/url</a>]</p>
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The people (like my wife) who are “excepted” and have to work will eventually get paid. In previous shutdowns, those who were sent home also were eventually paid for the lost time. There is no assurance that this will happen this time.</p>
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<p>No, and it is debatable whether furloughed employees ought to be retroactively paid for days they did not work. I believe they may be eligible for state unemployment benefits in that case.</p>