{"241471":{"#nid":"241471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"U.S. federal government shutdown","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe US Congress has failed to agree a budget by the\u0026nbsp;October 1\u0026nbsp;deadline. As a result, the federal government shutdown has begun, impacting \u0022non-essential\u0022 FEDERALLY funded services. A blanket exception exists for employees to support activities that \u0022provide for the national security\u0022. A vast majority of the Department of Homeland Security\u0026nbsp;employees are expected to be exempt from the shutdown, including uniformed agents and officers at the country\u0027s borders and ports of entry as well USCIS officers in processing centers nationwide. E-Verify has shut down so employers are unable to verify the work authorization of new employees. In addition, the Department of Labor services that impact hiring foreign national employees will be impacted as employees responsible for data and labor statistics are non-essential. The Social Security Administration will continue to provide some services and benefits at Social Security field offices although no new or replacement SSN cards will be issued. We recommend that students and scholars not visit the SSA until all services have been restored.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll agencies with independent sources of funding remain open, including the U.S. Postal Service,\u0026nbsp; the Federal Reserve (IRS), and the U.S. Department of State Consular Services. Foreign visa and U.S. passport issuance should not be impacted in the short term unless the services are conducted in a federal building that is unsupported due to the shutdown. A long term shutdown will likely have an impact on the availability of visa services.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditional updates will be added to this announcement as they become available.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERead more for information about how the U.S. federal government shutdown will impact services provided by different federal agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27787","created_gmt":"2013-10-01 11:52:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:00","author":"Emily Dolezal","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"469","name":"federal government"},{"id":"75031","name":"government shutdown"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}