Powerdude wrote:
Pretty sure the already approved budget includes funding for hiring seasonal workers, which aren't part of the hiring freeze because they are not full time employees, not governmental union members with benefits, retirement, etc.
I'm not worried about it.
I can assure you that even during a government shut-down, Law Enforcement officers are considered essential govt. employees and will be on hand. As proof of this, my wife and I were camping at a non-federal campground during the government shutdown of a few years ago. We passed a USFS campground that was closed due to the shutdown and had the gate closed across the entrance road. We parked our truck outside the gate and walked into the campground to scope out the individual campsites, getting an idea of whether we wanted to camp there once the campground was open. We made it half-way around the loop when a USFS LEO approached us and told us to vacate the premises as it was closed even to walkers during the government shut down.
