Feature request: It would be nice if this page had the total # of employees / furloughed employees.
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#32Do you think they have some kind of SLA, you get your money back a la amazon EC2 ? :)
not until Bezos becomes President. How about Government-as-a-Service? (I mean for regular citizens :)
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#33The federal government is operational, so the text at the top of the page is politically dishonest.
We still have a federal government that is taking care of national defense, among a number of other things.
"Non-essential" services have been suspended, while "essential" are still operational.
Frankly, I'd like it if it stayed this way. The government shouldn't tax-and-force in "non-essential" areas.
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#34Feature request: It would be nice if this page had the total # of employees / furloughed employees.
I'll get on that. I'm thinking of adding some other ways of looking at the data as well, since I'll have some actual time this weekend.
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#35There are a lot of contractors sitting on the sidelines, too, made to take leave or, if they don't have leave, they go without pay. In other words, the "man hours lost" is probably much higher.
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#36The IRS is also shut down.
I'll see if I can't find some better data. I know there are some groups we are definitely missing.
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#37The IRS is also shut down.
They fall under the Department of the Treasury.
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#38The federal government is operational, so the text at the top of the page is politically dishonest. We still have a federal government that is taking care of national defense, among a number of other things. "Non-essential" services have been suspended, while "essential" are still operational. Frankly, I'd like it if it stayed this way. The government shouldn't tax-and-force in "non-essential" areas.
>Frankly, I'd like it if it stayed this way. The government shouldn't tax-and-force in "non-essential" areas.
you must be kidding.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/2/irs-collectin...
"IRS collecting money but not sending tax refunds during shutdown"
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#39The other guys that did most of the work will weigh in in a couple of hours. I just wrote the hour calculation.
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dvito is one of the creators.
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#40Do you think they have some kind of SLA, you get your money back a la amazon EC2 ? :)
What I understood (not an American citizen) is that your money (tax payer) has run off (actually it's a quite of a negative balance).
So no, you won't get any money back. You probably should pay your due bills.