Overview

• Pay is suspended for roughly 2 million federal workers and about 750,000 have been told not to report to work, while essential personnel continue on the job without compensation.
• About 1.3 million active-duty service members and many Defense civilians are set to miss scheduled paychecks around Oct. 14–15 if no funding deal is reached.
• In the Asia-Pacific, Okinawa housing offices asked landlords to waive late fees, with Tokuzato Housing waiving October fees and Seaside Housing granting extensions for some service-member tenants.
• Some services continue in limited form, with Social Security benefits still being issued despite staff furloughs, USPS operations unaffected, and SNAP/WIC running as funds allow.
• Air travel faces mounting risk as more than 11,000 FAA employees are furloughed and about 13,000 air traffic controllers plus 50,000 TSA officers work without pay, prompting contingency planning in travel hubs.