The government shutdown is now in week number four, which gives us a checkpoint to gauge the impacts so far and those to come for federal agency operations. Part one of this two-part episode sees Carten Cordell and Edward Graham, respectively managing editors at WT’s partner publications Government Executive and NextgovFCW, join Nick and Ross to go over the shutdown from every angle. Carten and Ed detail what operations are still ongoing inside government, who is still working, the impacts of the shutdown and key checkpoints to watch out for ahead of the eventual reopening. Then in part two, Nick and Ross unpack the CEO transition at Science Applications International Corp. and put it into context against a market landscape that looks very different here in October versus what it was in January. Shutdown furloughs will permanently cost the economy at least $7 billion, CBO says Federal employee groups want to reopen government. They disagree on how Shutdown layoffs indefinitely blocked following new court injunction Republicans float paying some feds as Dems maintain shutdown approach House Dems demand furloughs end for nuclear security agency Top cyber lawmaker wants answers on CISA workforce reductions Multiple CISA divisions targeted in shutdown layoffs, people familiar say Inside Mission Daybreak: VA’s effort to support innovative suicide prevention CyberCorps talent pipeline buckles under Trump hiring freezes SAIC parts ways with CEO Toni Townes-Whitley Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn to retire after 14-year run at the company Booz Allen cuts more jobs, lowers outlook amid funding slowdowns Federal agencies may benefit from slower cloud adoption, Cloudera CEO says Defense services companies face ‘structural issues’ as tech disruptors surge GSA lines up 118 more OASIS+ awards Trump’s ‘pincer maneuver’ reshapes federal contracting landscape