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  1. Thank you for response! I read up on the discussion of Government as 'sovereign' but after researching on wifcon, your response makes sense. I think there is a lot of confusion out there about whether a SWO is synonymous with shutdown, since SWO are so often issued before a shut down. I suspect my friend's employer will be giving HQ overhead employees a furlough rather than raising rates, for fear of losing business. I'll plan on buying dinner if it comes to this.
  2. Forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong forum or if this has been answered elsewhere. I did search old posts etc., but haven't seen this anywhere. Recently, a friend was advised by their (small-business) employer that in the event of a Government Shut-down they would be working part-time or not at all (using PTO or LWOP). Now, to be clear, the friend is an overhead staffer at a company that offers primarily on-site staff services to the government. I asked and roughly 2/3rd of their contracts are T&M with 1/3 being FFP. On the surface this makes sense, since if all or most of your billable employees are unable to work, then your overhead staff shouldn't be able to work; also if the company has a cash flow problem and is unable to bill . . . but As I understand it, presumably most of the contracts should keep going through a shutdown if fully funded and the employees are either allowed to work off-site or are 'essential' and allowed to keep working on-site. Also, I would think that even if the majority of employees are unable to work for whatever reason, wouldn't the employer be able to capture any kind of 'shut down' costs and/or request an REA related to a Stop Work? I guess my question is: Aren't (at least some) overhead personnel costs recoverable under Stop Work costs? I've only been through one government shut down and I was (happily) working an FFP at the time, but something seems odd about this situation. Thank you in advance for your help!
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