The Washington Post published an article on 10/16/13:

"Furloughed employees typically would return on day after shutdown ends"

 Here is a link to this article:

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/10/16/furloughed-employees-typically-would-return-on-day-after-shutdown-ends 

Furloughed Federal Employees Stretch Last Paycheck Until Shutdown Ends

Bloomberg has an article published on 10-11-13 about furloughed federal employees stretch their last paycheck until the government shutdown ends.

Here is a link to that article:

 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-11/federal-workers-stretch-last-paycheck-until-shutdown-ends.html

 

Unfurlough.us: Website Helps Furloughed Employees Start Up Freelance Businesses

Unfurlough.us is a website that connects furloughed federal employees with freelance start-up projects.  Start-up gigs are posted that they can respond to, and freelancers can post their qualifications & resumes in case a company is looking for something specific.

Here is the link to this 10-10-13 article:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/1010/Government-shutdown-Unfurlough.us-connects-federal-workers-with-start-ups

Two Articles 10-10-13: Deb Default Scenarios & History Stats of Shutdowns

What's the Worst that Could Happen? Seven Debt-default Doomsday Scenarios

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/whats-worst-could-happen-7-debt-default-doomsday-scenarios-8C11366851

History:  frequency & length of shutdowns:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-10/start-getting-ready-for-the-next-government-shutdown

Government shutdown would threaten fragile economy

Click link below for 9-30-13 article:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/government-shutdown-2013-economy-97541.html

Sportsmen groups worry about economic & conservation impacts of government shutdown

See 10-8-13 article here:

http://wyofile.com/kelsey-dayton/sportsmen-groups-worry-about-economic-and-conservation-impacts-of-government-shutdown/#sthash.G9FUzGm8.dpuf

Images: How Furloughed Employees Might Be Feeling Like Right Now

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