So what gets shut down starting at midnight?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

I read somewhere in GD that a vote was taken to pay service members during any shutdown. But what about all of the other government agencies?

-will the USPS still be running?
-Passport offices?
-banking regulators?
-National parks?
-Social Security offices?
-food inspectors?
-FAA / NTSB?
-TSA?

Has anyone seen a good list of exceptions, of government entities and services that will remain running/open in the event of a shutdown?

[NMDemDist2]

1. NSA is exempt, as are the air traffic controllers

i think the Post Office is also and the TSA

National Parks will close, Social Security offices will close, banking regulators and food inspectors will be at home too I think.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

3. Thank you. Since I posted the OP, I did see an article saying USPS would be open.

This could get fairly nightmarish in short order.

[BP2]

2. Any chance the NSA could be added to the list so

they won't have funding to invade our privacy -- at least for a while?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

5. I wish we could shut the NSA down.

Better yet, I wish we could sell off their Utah data center to pay down the debt a little.

[yuiyoshida]

4. This might be helpful..

If the US government shuts down: what services would be affected?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/29/us-government-shutdown-services-affected

[DisgustipatedinCA]

7. It was very helpful, thanks. I recommend this link to anyone who has questions similar to mine. nt

[xiamiam]

6. obama said what would be open and what would close in the first few minutes of his speech

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017148649

[NuclearDem]

8. WonkBlog to the rescue.

http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-government-shutdown-will-work/

[DisgustipatedinCA]

9. Thanks! This is also a very good link.

Question: with some critical services and agencies remaining open, is there any chance the GaoP will try to call this the new normal, a la Sequestration? You know they'd piecemeal it if they could, and only reopen services and agencies they consider worthy.

[hedgehog]

10. Some environmnetal restoration work that has been in process

for years will be put on hold - i don't want to be more specific, but my brother has been working on restoring a habitat for years, and his work is at a critical point. I suspect there are hundreds of stories like this - research work that goes out the window because of the interruption.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. It sounds like the kind of research where a lapse would skew the numbers (?).

If so, that sucks. I think we will be hearing lots of stories along these lines, from every far-flung place that the federal government operates.