The clock has run out on government funding, which expired at midnight on Oct. 1 as Congress did not take action.
NPR reports on how a U.S. government shutdown affects the entire nation, from federal jobs and air traffic control to weather prediction, benefits like Social Security, and national parks.
GPB is reporting from across the state on potential effects felt in Georgia if the federal government is not funded.
Georgia has approximately 72,000 federal workers.
The following federally funded organizations, jobs and programs may be affected (a partial list only):
Parks, historic sites and museums
- Andersonville National Historic Site
- Appalachian Trail
- Chattahoochee River National Recreational Area
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga (Fort Oglethorpe)
- Cumberland Island
- Fort Frederica
- Fort Pulaski
- Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (Plains)
- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library (Atlanta)
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
- Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
- Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Airport functions
- Transportation Security Administration (essential)
- Air traffic control (essential)
Agencies and services
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Department of Defense
- Environmental and food inspection
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Internal Revenue Service
- Federal prison workers
- FBI
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
This story comes to The Georgia Sun through a reporting partnership with GPB a non-profit newsroom focused on reporting in Georgia.
