How should federal employees prepare for a potential government shutdown?

A last-minute compromise to avoid a government shutdown doesn’t look probable as the deadline approaches. Federal News Network “Federal Drive” host Terry Gerton has tips on what federal workers could be doing.

As of Friday afternoon, Congress has four days to agree on a stopgap bill that would avoid leaving thousands of federal employees without pay or without a job entirely.

The first thing Gerton recommended federal employees do is address if you have rent or loans that will have payments due during the potential shutdown .

“Talk to creditors, landlords, those kinds of things, to let them know that this may be coming up, and see if they can negotiate or are covered by some extenuating period of time when th

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