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Essential U.S. Government Functions
Joseph N. Mait examines the role of federal workers during the 2013 U.S. government shutdown.
Essential government worker is an oxymoron.” I stumbled over this online response by a reader to a Washington Post article on the U.S. government shutdown in October 2013. In reality, the government language refers to positions and activities that are deemed essential for safety, security and defense, not people.
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