The Internal Revenue Service
When the shutdown began, most I.R.S. operations stopped, with just about 12 percent of the agency’s nearly 80,000 employees still working, according to a contingency plan.
That plan, which covered the end of last year, did not make clear what the I.R.S. would do in 2019. The White House has said it will call back I.R.S. employees in order to make sure tax refunds are issued, though it remains unclear whether it has the authority to do so.
[What the shutdown would look like if it happened in other industries.]
With tax filing season about to begin, the agency will no doubt face plenty of questions from taxpayers over the recent changes to tax law.
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The Violence Against Women Act
The Violence Against Women Act, which funds programs for survivors of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault, expired last month when the government shut down.
The Justice Department already awarded grants to those programs for the 2019 fiscal year, but its payment system was affected by the shutdown. As a result, requests for grant payments filed after Dec. 26 are on hold during the shutdown.
“Local programs have other sources of funds,” said Monica McLaughlin, the director of public policy at the National Network to End Domestic Violence. “But when they are in a situation where they’ve done the work that is federally funded and they aren’t able to reimburse for it, it certainly puts them in a financial bind.”
AND THE RABBIT HOLE GOES DEEPER AND WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON ALL THE UPDATES AND CURRENT EVENTS OF THE SHUTDOWN.
IKingDonX Jan 24 2019