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FY 1977, 10 days
FY 1978 - 12 days, 8 days, then 8 days
FY 1979 - 17 days
FY 1980 - 11 dys
FY 1982 - 2 days
FY 1983 - day, then 3 days
FY 1984 - 3 days
FY 1985 - 2 days, then 1 day
FY 1987 - 1 day
FY 1988 - 1 day
FY 1991 - 3 days
FY 1996 - 5 days, then 21 days
That looks like a good count, but some of these were more “shutdown” than others. Some of the short ones were over before word made it down to the worker bees. In a couple cases, the middle of the chain of command didn’t know what a shutdown entailed. The more serious ones sent us home for a few days, then made up the pay—a free holiday in the end. When I was stationed overseas, I was an “Emergency Essential Civilian”, and the shutdown rules didn’t apply. Over the entire course of my Fed service shutdowns only meant that planning beyond a few weeks was FUBAHR.
