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DCMA Employee Information

Government Shutdown Information & Employee Resources

Current operating status

OPEN

DCMA will communicate instructions and updates to employees through the ALERT! Notification System.

While furloughed, employees are permitted to use government equipment — including computers, phones, and email — for a limited number of reasons, including checking the status of the furlough/shutdown and accessing resources on the Total Force DOD365-J site. Furloughed employees cannot perform any functional work or other prohibited activities.

Current operating status

CLOSED — SHUTDOWN IN EFFECT

DCMA will communicate instructions and updates to employees through the ALERT! Notification System.

While furloughed, employees are permitted to use government equipment — including computers, phones, and email — for a limited number of reasons, including checking the status of the furlough/shutdown and accessing resources on the Total Force DOD365-J site. Furloughed employees cannot perform any functional work or other prohibited activities.

Employee information

General furlough information

Administrative furlough

A planned event by an agency designed to absorb reductions necessitated by downsizing, reduced funding, lack of work, or any budget situation other than a lapse in appropriations. Furloughs that would potentially result from sequestration would generally be considered administrative furloughs. OPM guidance (opens in new tab, external link)

Shutdown furlough

Also called an emergency furlough, this occurs when there is a lapse in appropriations — at the start of a fiscal year with no funds appropriated, or upon expiration of a continuing resolution without a follow-on law. Agencies must shut down activities funded by annual appropriations that are not excepted by law, typically with very little lead time. OPM guidance (opens in new tab, external link)

Employee categories

DCMA recognizes employees in two categories, with one exception:

  • Furloughed (not Excepted or Exempted) Employees placed on temporary, unpaid leave due to a lapse in appropriations.
  • Excepted (not Furloughed) Employees who continue working during a shutdown because their duties are essential to protecting life and property or ensuring the continued operation of critical government functions.

“Exempted” employees refers to those in federal agencies funded outside of annual congressional appropriations (e.g., FDIC, CFPB, or DLA supported by working capital funds, which may only apply to selected employees). At DCMA, this category applies only to approximately 30 employees directly supporting FMS.