{"616629":{"#nid":"616629","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Government Shutdown has Hidden Costs, Long-term Consequences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EElizabeth Sherwood-Randall, a distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, has written\u0026nbsp;a co-op article\u0026nbsp;on \u003Cem\u003EThe Hill\u003C\/em\u003E titled\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Government shutdown has hidden costs, long-term consequences\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead an excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to all of the immediate pain being felt by many public servants and contractors who are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/16\/politics\/trump-signs-backpay-bill-government-shutdown\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estruggling to pay their bills\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; whether they are expected to work without pay or required to stay home from work without pay \u0026mdash; there are pernicious, long-term consequences to this treatment of the federal workforce that we need to focus on. Most important, this shutdown undoubtedly will reinforce a discouraging trend: More and more workers are leaving the civil service and diplomatic corps. For example, for fiscal year 2018, which ended on Sept. 30, career civilian retirements were up\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cdn.govexec.com\/a\/interstitial.html?v=8.24.0\u0026amp;rf=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.govexec.com%2Fpay-benefits%2F2018%2F12%2Ffederal-employees-continue-retire-greater-numbers-previous-years%2F153372%2F\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E24 percent\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from the previous year. And they are not being replaced. \u0026nbsp;Only\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/how-can-the-federal-government-fix-its-dipping-employee-morale\/2018\/12\/16\/87521866-ff0e-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?noredirect=on\u0026amp;utm_term=.49be56de6fad\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E6 percent\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of federal workers are under age 30.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/425776-government-shutdown-has-hidden-costs-long-term-consequences#.XEIAu22D-1w.twitter\u0022\u003ERead the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2019-01-18 17:57:01","changed_gmt":"2019-02-06 15:28:34","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"implicit bias training","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/425776-government-shutdown-has-hidden-costs-long-term-consequences#.XEIAu22D-1w.twitter","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"610940":{"id":"610940","type":"image","title":"Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall ","body":null,"created":"1536174680","gmt_created":"2018-09-05 19:11:20","changed":"1536174680","gmt_changed":"2018-09-05 19:11:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232608","name":"Elizabeth Sherwood Randall_Official DOE Portrait_sm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Elizabeth%20Sherwood%20Randall_Official%20DOE%20Portrait_sm.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Elizabeth%20Sherwood%20Randall_Official%20DOE%20Portrait_sm.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61549,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Elizabeth%20Sherwood%20Randall_Official%20DOE%20Portrait_sm.jpg?itok=uC3U8pLN"}}},"media_ids":["610940"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"597139","name":"International Affairs Alumni in Washington DC"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"75031","name":"government shutdown"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}