{"id":30223,"date":"2018-01-19T14:13:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T14:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:03:49","slug":"va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Department of Veterans Affairs won\u2019t be hurt as much as many federal agencies in the event of a partial government shutdown, but officials are warning there still will be some disruptions for veterans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 4 percent of the department\u2019s workforce \u2014 nearly 16,000 workers \u2014 would be subject to furloughs during a shutdown, with almost half of that total coming from the Veterans Benefits Administration. Checks would continue to be sent to veterans eligible for VA payouts, but education benefits assistance programs and case appeals work would be temporarily shuttered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those impacts were first laid out by department officials last August, before the first in a series of four shutdown threats over federal spending in the last five months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Friday on another short-term budget extension in an attempt to avoid a shutdown and keep government operations uninterrupted until mid-February. Despite the extended budget impasse on Capitol Hill in the last year, lawmakers have avoided triggering a shutdown since the 16-day partial closing of government operations in October 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following that closure, veterans groups convinced lawmakers to offer advance appropriations for most VA offices to ensure that veterans health and benefits programs were not disrupted by future political infighting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, most of the department\u2019s 377,000-plus employees won\u2019t be affected by a partial shutdown. VA officials said only a small number of Veterans Health Administration workers will be temporarily sent home, and none of them deal directly with patient care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some transition assistance programs would be shuttered during a shutdown, as will non-essential call centers. But the department\u2019s suicide prevention hotline would remain operational. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most VA cemetery services will continue uninterrupted, but administrative work \u201cnot directly in support of burials\u201d would be halted. Processing applications for Presidential Memorial Certificates would also stop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most significant impacts would be on top leadership at the department. Currently, the Office of the VA Secretary employs 80 individuals. All but eight would be furloughed during a shutdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the 16,000 workers who would be furloughed, nearly 28,000 would be required to report to work without pay. In the past, those employees have received back pay once the new budget is reached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining 335,000 employees\u2019 pay would continue uninterrupted, thanks to the advance appropriations passed by Congress in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full list of effects of a government shutdown on VA is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/43654\/va-contingency-plan-2017\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">at the department\u2019s web site. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to advance appropriations, more than 95 percent of VA workers would stay on the job even if the rest of government closes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":25,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[65,55,106,31,15,33],"tags":[8455,8463],"coauthors":[3294],"class_list":["post-30223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budget","category-career","category-daily-brief","category-home","category-management","category-newsletters","tag-va","tag-va-benefits"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"W4AXA3XBLVAE5J6MTAUA5UFTJI","arc_canonical_url":"\/veterans\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments - Federal Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thanks to advance appropriations, more than 95 percent of VA workers would stay on the job even if the rest of government closes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thanks to advance appropriations, more than 95 percent of VA workers would stay on the job even if the rest of government closes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Federal Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-19T14:13:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-18T20:03:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leo Shane III\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Leo Shane III\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-01-19T14:13:23+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-18T20:03:49+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 411,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"keywords\": [\n\t                \"va\",\n\t                \"va benefits\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Budget\",\n\t                \"Career\",\n\t                \"Daily Brief\",\n\t                \"Home\",\n\t                \"Inside the Agencies\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments - Federal Times\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-01-19T14:13:23+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-18T20:03:49+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Thanks to advance appropriations, more than 95 percent of VA workers would stay on the job even if the rest of government closes.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/management\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/19\\\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Your Career\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/your-career\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"your-career\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Federal Times\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Federal Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Federal Times\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/federal-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/federal-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Federal Times\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/federaltimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments - Federal Times","description":"Thanks to advance appropriations, more than 95 percent of VA workers would stay on the job even if the rest of government closes.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments","og_description":"Thanks to advance appropriations, more than 95 percent of VA workers would stay on the job even if the rest of government closes.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/","og_site_name":"Federal Times","article_published_time":"2018-01-19T14:13:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-18T20:03:49+00:00","author":"Leo Shane III","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Leo Shane III","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments","datePublished":"2018-01-19T14:13:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-18T20:03:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/"},"wordCount":411,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg","keywords":["va","va benefits"],"articleSection":["Budget","Career","Daily Brief","Home","Inside the Agencies","Newsletters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/","name":"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments - Federal Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-19T14:13:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-18T20:03:49+00:00","description":"Thanks to advance appropriations, more than 95 percent of VA workers would stay on the job even if the rest of government closes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/01\/19\/va-could-weather-a-government-shutdown-better-than-most-other-departments\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Your Career","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/your-career\/","ad_zone":"your-career"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"VA could weather a government shutdown better than most other departments"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/","name":"Federal Times","description":"Federal Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#organization","name":"Federal Times","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/federal-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/federal-logo-white.png","caption":"Federal Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Federal Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30226,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30223\/revisions\/30226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30223"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}