Small Businesses Join Ranks of Contractors Miffed by Shutdown
govexec | January 23, 2019
Small-business contractors those with ongoing commitments to supply agencies with everything from toolboxes to emergency meals to construction materials are facing their own frustrations over the partial government shutdown. Some are among the employers least able to cope.Websites of the agencies they typically deal with (the Defense, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services departments have funding) are plastered with special messages: “As a result of a temporary government shutdown, portions of this website are not being updated at this time,” says the General Services Administration. The Small Business Administration notes that “Parts of the U.S. Government are closed. This site will not be updated; however, information about disaster assistance is available.”