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Federal Government Shutdown Update
On October 1, the federal government was shutdown for the
first time in 17 years after Congress failed to pass a stopgap spending plan.
The following outlines how these U.S. Departments and agencies will function: the
Social Security Administration, the United States Courts, the Department of
Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Legal
Services Cor.
The Social
Security Administration (SSA) Status of Service Activities
SSA Field Offices (FO)
|
Continued FO Activities |
Discontinued FO Activities |
|
§ Application § Request § Normal o Change o Process o Verify o Accept o Replace § Change § Issue § Provide |
§ Issue § Benefit § Replace § Issue § Payee § Prisoner § Requests § Request § Freedom
|
State Disability Determination Services (DDS)
|
Continued DDS Activities |
Discontinued DDS Activities |
|
§ Initial § Reconsiderations § Critical |
§ CDRs § Assistance § End-of-line |
Offices of Disability and Adjudicative Review (ODAR)
|
Continued ODAR Activities |
Discontinued ODAR Activities |
|
§ Hearing § Deciding |
§ Screening § Scheduling § Hearings § Docketing § Drafting § Preparing § Identifying § Exhibiting § Quality § Adding § Decision-writing § Processing § Responding § Conducting § Responding § Providing |
The United States
Courts Status of Service Activities
*Information taken from the United States Courts’ website:
“Following a government shutdown on October 1, 2013, the federal Judiciary will
remain open for business for approximately 10 days. On or around October 15,
2013, the Judiciary will reassess its situation and provide further guidance.
All proceedings and deadlines remain in effect as scheduled, unless otherwise
advised. Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) will remain in
operation for the electronic filing of documents with courts.” Refer to
individual court websites for further information.
Legal Services
Corps Status of Service Activities
All activities for the Legal Services Corps (LSC) will
continue. The LSC is a private, nonprofit corporation, not a federal agency.
The Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) Status of Service Activities
Administration for
Community Living (ACL)
*Aging services provided through Older Americans Act dollars
are likely to continue for some period using state or other funding resources.
|
Continued Activities |
No Federal Funding For: |
|
§ Aging § Health |
§ Senior § Native § Prevention § Long-Term § Protection |
Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS)
|
Continued Activities |
Discontinued Activities |
|
§ Large o Coordination o Insurance § Medicare § Center § Pre-exiting § States |
§ Cannot § Fewer § Beneficiaries § *DC cuts off Medicaid payments o Providers |
Veterans Affairs Status
of Service Activities
The Department of Veterans Affairs press office says that
veterans hospitals and clinics will remain open during the government
shutdown. Most toll-free numbers are
being answered, but regional offices are closed. Depending on the length of the
shutdown, benefits payments scheduled for Nov. 1 may be delayed. No date has been given for when the VA would
run out of money.
The Veterans Benefits Administration is open and accepting
new claims but processing of new and existing claims will be slowed. Claims processors have been working mandatory
overtime for months, but with the shutdown, no overtime is allowed. The overtime had allowed the VA to whittle
away at the backlog of claims.
http://www.va.gov/opa/docs/Field_Guide_20130927.pdf
Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
|
Continued Activities |
|
§ Medical § Medical § Medical § Medical |
Veterans Benefits Administration
|
Continued Activities |
|
§ Administer § Administer § Ongoing § Staff § Process |
National
Cemetery Administration
|
Continued Activities |
|
§ Burials § Process § First § Oversight |
Internal Revenue
Service (IRS)
A summary of IRS operations during the lapse in
appropriations link contains a brief Q&A.
The IRS FY2014 Shutdown Contingency Plan
contains detailed information on continued and discontinued activities.
|
Continued Activities |
Discontinued Activities |
|
§ Services § Upcoming § Completion § Processing § Processing § Continuing § Protection § Protecting § Maintaining § Maintaining § Administering § Maintaining § Maintaining |
§ Most § All § Non-automated § Legal § Taxpayer o Responding § Information § All |
Compiled by Brian Lindberg and Marly Flores.
Tags: federal government, SOCIAL SECURITY
